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Annex 7: Agreement on Refugees and Displaced Persons

Text of Dayton
Peace Agreement documents initialed in Dayton, Ohio on November 21, 1995 and
signed in Paris on December 14, 1995. The agreement is known as the Dayton Peace
Accords. The following text was released by the Office of the Spokesman,
December 1, 1995.

The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and the Republika Srpska (the "Parties") have agreed as follows:

CHAPTER ONE: PROTECTION

Article IRights of Refugees and Displaced Persons

1. All refugees and displaced persons have the right freely to return to
their homes of origin. They shall have the right to have restored to them
property of which they were deprived in the course of hostilities since 1991 and
to be compensated for any property that cannot be restored to them. The early
return of refugees and displaced persons is an important objective of the
settlement of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Parties confirm that
they will accept the return of such persons who have left their territory,
including those who have been accorded temporary protection by third countries.

2. The Parties shall ensure that refugees and displaced persons are permitted
to return in safety, without risk of harassment, intimidation, persecution, or
discrimination, particularly on account of their ethnic origin, religious
belief, or political opinion.

3. The Parties shall take all necessary steps to prevent activities within
their territories which would hinder or impede the safe and voluntary return of
refugees and displaced persons. To demonstrate their commitment to securing full
respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons within
their jurisdiction and creating without delay conditions suitable for return of
refugees and displaced persons, the Parties shall take immediately the following
confidence building measures:

 

(a) the repeal of domestic legislation and administrative practices with
discriminatory intent or effect;

 

(b) the prevention and prompt suppression of any written or verbal
incitement, through media or otherwise, of ethnic or religious hostility or
hatred;

 

(c) the dissemination, through the media, of warnings against, and the
prompt suppression of, acts of retribution by military, paramilitary, and police
services, and by other public officials or private individuals;

 

(d) the protection of ethnic and/or minority populations wherever they are
found and the provision of immediate access to these populations by
international humanitarian organizations and monitors;

 

(e) the prosecution, dismissal or transfer, as appropriate, of persons in
military, paramilitary, and police forces, and other public servants,
responsible for serious violations of the basic rights of persons belonging to
ethnic or minority groups.

4. Choice of destination shall be up to the individual or family, and the
principle of the unity of the family shall be preserved. The Parties shall not

interfere with the returnees' choice of destination, nor shall they compel them
to remain in or move to situations of serious danger or insecurity, or to areas
lacking in the basic infrastructure necessary to resume a normal life. The
Parties shall facilitate the flow of information necessary for refugees and
displaced persons to make informed judgments about local conditions for return.

5. The Parties call upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
("UNHCR") to develop in close consultation with asylum countries and the Parties
a repatriation plan that will allow for an early, peaceful, orderly and phased
return of refugees and displaced persons, which may include priorities for
certain areas and ce