Annex 6: Agreement on Human Rights

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 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: RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Article I: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

The Parties shall secure to all persons within their jurisdiction the highest level of internationally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights and freedoms provided in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocols and the other international agreements listed in the Appendix to this Annex.These include:

(1) The right to life.

(2) The right not to be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

(3) The right not to be held in slavery or servitude or to perform forced or compulsory labor.

(4) The rights to liberty and security of person.

(5) The right to a fair hearing in civil and criminal matters, and other rights relating to criminal proceedings.

(6) The right to private and family life, home, and correspondence.

(7) Freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

(8) Freedom of expression.

(9) Freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association with others.

(10) The right to marry and to found a family.

(11) The right to property.

(12) The right to education.

(13) The right to liberty of movement and residence.

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