Events and facts of the creation of Republika Srpska: Chronology of the events, 1990-1995 and further

• Main Author: Nagradić Slobodan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, Serbia 2012-01-01
• Series: Politeia
• Subjects: Republika Srpska; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Serbia; peace negotiations; civil war; UN Security Council; European Economic Community; the right of peoples to self-determination; constituency; equality; political leaders
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2232-9641/2012/2232-96411204143N.pdf

This paper presents events and facts concerning the establishment of the Republic of Srpska which was legalized and internationally and legally recognized in the Dayton Peace Agreement and in the Constitution of BH as a state-building entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Facts and events related to the creation of this state entity are given by criteria and principles of chronology as a supporting historical science, that is, following the time sequence of its creation and manifestations. The material thus presented, which is necessarily selective, clearly shows which social, historical and political processes caused and affected the genesis of the creation of Republika Srpska, that is, when and where they happened and who were their participants.