Osnivanje i djelovanje Hrvatske zajednice Herceg-Bosna (1991−1995)
ESTABLISHMENT AND ACTIVITY OF CROATIAN COMMUNITY OF HERCEG-BOSNA (1991−1995)

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with establishment and activities of Croatian community of Herceg-Bosna in the period from its founding in 1991 in Grude to the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement and ending the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995. Analyzing the primary source material and unpublished documents of different provenance so far, we can see a phenomenon from the recent history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Because of clearer and more complete picture of the reconstruction of this historical phenomenon, in the introductory part of the paper we give a brief notice of events and circumstances immediately before the founding of the Croatian community of Herceg-Bosna. In the first part of the paper, entitled Establishing the Croatian community of Herceg-Bosna, we explain the idea, goals and founding of Croatian community of Herceg-Bosna. In the second part − Formation of the military forces of the Croatian community of Herceg-Bosna, we follow the key events and stages organized by the Croatian defence council. In the third part − Action of the Croatian community of Herceg-Bosna, we try to explain the very essence of Croatian community of Herceg-Bosna and the main basis of its activities in the sovereign and internationally recognized Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the last part, ICTY Final Judgments on the Croatian Community of Herceg-Bosna we give a brief overview of the more important conclusions from the proceedings before the International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICTY). Throughout the whole paper, it is predominantly interwoven and illustrated the role of the Republic of Croatia and its President Franjo Tuđman.

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