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Release of all civilian prisoners and cleaning up of the battle field

  • Country/entity

    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Yugoslavia (former)
  • Region

    Europe and Eurasia
    Europe and Eurasia
  • Agreement name

    Release of all civilian prisoners and cleaning up of the battle field
  • Date

    29 Apr 1993
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Balkan Conflicts (1991 - 1995) (1998 - 2001) )
  • Stage

    Pre-negotiation/process
  • Conflict nature

    Government/territory
  • Peace process

    Bosnia peace process
  • Parties

    CHIEF COMMANDER of HVO HQ, BRIGADIER MILIVOJ PETKOVIC; CHIEF COMMANDER of BiH ARMY HQ GENERAL SEFER HALILOVIC
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    This agreement provides for a release of all civilian prisoners, and the collection of all dead bodies from the battlefield. It also provides for lists of names and places to be compiled and sent to relatives, and cooperation with UNPROFOR, UNHCR, ICRC and ECMM.


  • Main category

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    All civilian persons: men, women and children, who were imprisoned during the conflicts between BiH Army and HVO, are to be released before 12.00 hours 30 april 1993.

Women, girls and gender

  • Participation

    No specific mention.

  • Equality

    No specific mention.

  • Particular groups of women

    No specific mention.

  • International law

    No specific mention.

  • New institutions

    No specific mention.

  • Violence against women

    No specific mention.

  • Transitional justice
    Transitional justice→Prisons, prisoner release
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    All civilian persons: men, women and children, who were imprisoned during the conflicts between BiH Army and HVO, are to be released before 12.00 hours 30 april 1993.
  • Institutional reform

    No specific mention.

  • Development

    No specific mention.

  • Implementation

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


RELEASE OF ALL CIVILIAN PRISONERS AND CLEANING UP OF THE BATTLE FIELD

1. All civilian persons:

men, women and children, who were imprisonned during the conflicts between BiB Army and HVO, are to be released before 12.00 hours 30 april 1993.

2. At the same time lists with their names and adresses are to be made and delivered to the proper commands.

3. T'he collection of all dead bodies from the battleield, that means picking up and burrying them, is to start immediately.

Thia cleaninq of the battlefield should be done without fighting or provocations.

Lists of names and places are to be made to inform relatives and proper commands.

This is to be finished before 16.00 hours 30 april 1993.

4. The commands of the Corpses and the Operational Zones are responsible for the implementation of these orders.

They have to deliver written reports, with these lists of released civilians, persons killed and burried, before 12.00 hours 01 may 1993.

5. During the implementation of these orders the commands of the Corpses and the Operational Zones have to cooperate in close connection with UNPROFOR, UNHCR, ICRC and ECMM.