*** AS COURT RULES ON ROMA-JEW DISCRIMINATION, HINDUS URGE BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA FOR CONSTITUTION REFORM *** Jai Maharaj posts
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
As court rules on Roma-Jew discrimination, Hindus urge Bosnia-
Herzegovina for constitution reform
Hindus have urged Bosnia-Herzegovina to urgently modify its
constitution to reflect that all its citizens are treated equally.
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg (France)
reportedly ruled on Tuesday that Bosnia's constitution discriminated
against Roma and Jews because it prohibited them to run for
parliament or presidency.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA)
today, said that it was moral duty of Europe (which prided itself for
its human rights record) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (a country of age-old
cultures and fabulous mountain vistas) to take care of their
minorities who had participated together with the majority in
continent building. Europeans should leave the ethnicities behind and
build a better Europe working together, Zed, who is president of
Universal Society of Hinduism, added.
Structuring European and world societies on the principles of
pluralism would be a step in the right direction, Rajan Zed argued.
According to an ECHR press release: The Bosnian Constitution, in its
Preamble, makes a distinction between two categories of citizens: the
so-called constituent peoples" (Bosniacs, Croats and Serbs) and
others" (Jews, Roma and other national minorities together with those
who do not declare affiliation with any ethnic group). The House of
Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly (the second chamber) and the
Presidency are composed only of persons belonging to the three
constituent peoples.
Tuesday's judgment was given by the Grand Chamber of 17 judges, with
Jean-Paul Costa (France) as President. ECHR, an international court
to deal with violations of civil and political rights established in
1959, has delivered more than 10, 000 judgments.
Although in Europe, Bosnia-Herzegovina is still not part of European
Union.
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