�Two Schools Under One Roof� Must Be Eliminated

OSCE

12 April 2005

The Council of Europe (CoE) and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday reminded BiH authorities that the existence of 54 �two schools under one roof� is a blatant violation of the obligation BiH agreed to when joining the CoE, to eliminate �all aspects of segregation and discrimination based upon ethnic origins� .

This Year, Together in the School poster

In a joint statement of the two international organisations, it stated that the abolishment of the �two schools under one roof� has to be finalised by the end of the May, in order to introduce the new measures by the beginning of the school year 2005/2006.

Additionally, they referred to the recent statement by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Douglas Davidson, in which he urged all parties �to comply with the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to unify these schools both legally and ad-ministratively�.

The Council of Europe and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina stress that the unification of these schools has the purpose of removing administrative and legal obstacles for the abolition of �segregation and discrimination based on ethnical background�, reports ONASA.

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