1991 Bosnian Serb referendum

Referendum in Bosnia and Herzegovina A referendum on remaining in Yugoslavia was held in the parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a significant Serb population on 10 November 1991.Bosnien-Herzegowina, serbischer Teil, 10. November 1991 : Unabhängige Serbische Republik in Bosnien-Herzegowina Direct Democracy The referendum was organised by the Bosnian Serb Assembly and asked two questions; to Serbs it asked: Do you agree with the decision of Assembly of the Serbian people in Bosnia and Herzegovina of October 24, 1991, that the Serbian people should remain in a common Yugoslav state with Serbia, Montenegro, the SAO Krajina, SAO Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem, and with others who have come out for remaining?Steven L Burg & Paul S Shoup (2000) The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention M.E. Sharpe, p74 Non-Serbs were asked: Are you agreed that Bosnia and Herzegovina, as an equal republic, should remain in a common state of Yugoslavia with all others who take this position? It was approved by 98% of voters, and Republika Srpska was subsequently established on 9 January 1992. Results QuestionForAgainstInvalid/blankTotalvotesRegisteredvotersTurnoutResultVotes%Votes%Remaining of all Serbs in Yugoslavia1,161,14698.002.00 1,550,00085.00ApprovedBosnia-Herzegovina to remain in Yugoslavia48,845ApprovedSource: Direct Democracy Aftermath The Bosnian government declared the referendum unconstitutional.Nettelfield 2010 67 It later held a nationwide independence referendum between 29 February and 1 March 1992, which was in turn boycotted by most of the Serbs.Prosecutor v. Karadžić – Judgement, 24 March 2016, p. 20. Steven L. Burg and Paul S. Shoup interpreted the question in the plebiscite, which asked voters to stay in a "common state with Serbia, Montenegro, the SAO Krajina, SAO Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem, and Serb Autonomous Regions" as promoting, in effect, a Greater Serbia.Burg Shoup 2015 107 References Books Burg Shoup Steven L. Paul S. Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention: Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1990-93: Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina Routledge 9781317471011 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=3v3qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT107 Nettelfield Lara J. 2010 Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina Cambridge University Press Cambridge, England 978-0-521-76380-6 https://books.google.com/books?id=7Bl9KT9NME0C&pg=PA67 2010002815 Other ICTY-Karadzic Prosecutor vs. Radovan Karadžić – Judgement International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 26 March 2016 https://www.icty.org/x/cases/karadzic/tjug/en/160324_judgement.pdf Bosnian Serb referendum Bosnian Serb referendum Bosnian Serb referendum Category:Referendums in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Referendums in Yugoslavia Category:Referendums in Republika Srpska Category:History of Republika Srpska Category:History of the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Political history of Republika Srpska Category:Serbian nationalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Yugoslav Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Bosnian War