The importance of civil law in the transition to peace: lessons from the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From: Cornell International Law Journal | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Cornell, Timothy; Salisbury, Lance | Copyright information

Introduction

For nine years, Josef Taso had been shut out from his home in Bosnia. (1) Forced to flee from his West Mostar home during the civil war, Taso and his family crowded in with relatives on the Muslim side of town, while a politically-connected Croat squatted in Taso's home rent-free. (2) But, despite Taso's legal right to return to his home after the war, (3) Bosnian authorities-dominated by Croats who want West Mostar to remain Muslim-free--ignored his demands...

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