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3. The Catholic Church also has access to the public communications

media (newspapers, radio, television, internet).

Article 13

1. Bosnia-Herzegovina recognizes the right of the Catholic faithful to

form associations, in conformity with canonical norms, according to the

Church's proper purposes. As far as the civil effects of their activities are

concerned, such associations are to be regulated in conformity with the legal

norms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2. Bosnia and Herzegovina guarantees to Catholics and to their associa-

tions and institutions full freedom of action and of public activity, both in

speech and in writing.

Article 14

1. The Catholic Church has the right to establish educational institutions

at all levels and to administer them according to its own norms, while re-

specting the legal dispositions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2. Bosnia and Herzegovina will accord to such institutions the same

rights that are guaranteed to state institutions, including financial treatment

and the recognition of academic degrees and any university qualifications

obtained.

3. Bosnia and Herzegovina guarantees to the pupils and students of edu-

cational institutions (cf. section 1 above) the same rights as pupils and stu-

dents of state educational institutions of the equivalent level. The same rule

also applies to the teaching and non-teaching staff of such institutes.

Article 15

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina recognizes and guarantees to the Catholic

Church the right to pastoral care of Catholic faithful who are members of

the armed forces and the forces of public order, and of those who are resident

in penal institutions, in hospitals, in orphanages and in any institute of

medical and social assistance, whether public or private.

2. Pastoral activity in the armed forces and in the forces of public order,

and in the public institutions listed in section 1 above, will be regulated by

appropriate Agreements between the competent ecclesiastical authorities and

Bosnia and Herzegovina.