Ролята на мироопазващата операция на ЕС "Алтея" за съхраняването на сигурна среда на Балканите
The Role of the EU Peacekeeping Operation “ALTHEA” in Maintaining a Secure Environment in the Balkans

Author(s): Nadia Boyadjieva
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; European Union; ALTHEA; military operation; European integration; legal aspects
Summary/Abstract: The military conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995) went through all the dramatic phases of a violent civil war. The active intervention of the international community brought an end to three years of internal conflict and the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords (1995) marked the beginning of the reconstruction processes in the country. The main objective is to build the state institutions of the new and unique political entity in the Balkans. An important task is to build peace, respect human rights, establish a democratic society and restore ethnic, social and religious balance in the country. This is related to the active involvement of the largest and most authoritative regional organisation in Europe - the European Union (EU). The EU military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, codenamed “ALTHEA”, provides a military presence of foreign troops in order to contribute to the achievement of the goals and objectives and to help Bosnia and Herzegovina take progressive steps towards European integration, starting with the adoption of the framework of the stabilization and association.

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