Set up in 1995 to supervise the implementation of the Dayton Peace agreement, the OHR was due to be phased out in 2007, but its mandate has been extended several times due to political instability and lack of reform progress.
Osnovan 1995. godine kako bi nadzirao provedbu Daytonskog mirovnog sporazuma, OHR je trebao biti ugašen 2007. godine, ali mu je mandat nekoliko puta produljavan zbog političke nestabilnosti i nedostatka napretka u reformama.