Appeal to Bundestag President Klöckner: “No platform for separatist and historical revisionist narratives!”

The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has expressed concern about the AfD's panel discussion scheduled for March 4, 2026, in the German Bundestag on the topic of “The rule of law, institutional order, and European perspectives in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” In an appeal to Bundestag President Julia Klöckner, the human rights organization warns that the event should not serve as a platform for separatist and historical revisionist narratives.

The STP emphasizes that the German Bundestag, as an institutional actor in German foreign policy, bears a special responsibility. The STP is particularly critical of the participation of Goran Selak, Minister of Justice of the Republika Srpska. Selak is known for his separatist rhetoric and has close ties to Milorad Dodik, former president of Republika Srpska, and Aleksandar Vulin, former deputy prime minister of Serbia. Both maintain close relations with Russia and represent anti-European and authoritarian positions. The STP fears that the event will spread narratives that question democratic standards and international law, relativize internationally recognized court rulings, or legitimize authoritarian models of influence.

“If such geopolitical lines of argument are reproduced or normalized in the parliamentary chambers of the Federal Republic of Germany, this sends a signal far beyond the domestic political debate – with direct consequences for the security stability of the Western Balkans and the credibility of European foreign policy,” the STP warns in its letter.

“As a signatory to the Dayton Peace Agreement and a key player in the EU, Germany bears a special responsibility for stability and the rule of law in Southeast Europe,” emphasizes Belma Zulčić, director of the STP section in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This responsibility must also be reflected in the culture of parliamentary debate.

The STP calls for the Bundestag to clearly distance itself from revisionist and separatist positions and to unequivocally support the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Three decades after the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a fragile state. Separatist aspirations, institutional blockades, and the ongoing political exploitation of ethnicity threaten stability and security.

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