Bosnia Hertegovina

A row has erupted between Bosnian Serb politicians and the top international official in Bosnia-Hercegovina over the role of foreign judges and prosecutors. The international High Representative, Valentin Inzko, says the Bosnian Serb republic, Republika Srpska (RS), has violated the 1995 Dayton peace accords.

Edin Arnaut, bivši direktor ugašene zeničke Industrije mesa “Zmajevac” koji je zatvorsku kaznu izbjegao zbog zastare, pokušava na Ekonomskom fakultetu u Zenici prijaviti odbranu doktorske disertacije iako ju je Naučnonastavno vijeće ocijenilo neprihvatljivom. Arnaut je u dva navrata osuđivan na zatvorsku kaznu zbog zloupotrebe položaja ali je, u konačnici, oslobođen …

The Hague Tribunal rejects the appeal filed by Radovan Karadzic concerning the decision appointing Richard Harvey as his Defence attorney. “The indictee has not persuaded the Chamber that the Registrar made a mistake or acted in an unreasonable manner when he decided to select Richard Harvey to prepare for this …

Evropski sud za ljudska prava uvažio je žalbe Derve Sejdića i Jakoba Fincija i presudio da BiH diskriminira svoje građane zabranjujući svima koji se ne izjašnjavaju kao Bošnjaci, Srbi ili Hrvati pravo da biraju i budu birani. Presuda koja je u utorak objavljena nikog nije iznenadila. Svi znamo da je …

Bosnia’s constitution discriminates against Jews and Roma by barring them from running for parliament and presidency based on their ethnic identity, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. The Strasbourg-based court issued its binding decision in response to a complaint filed by Dervo Sejdic, an official of an …

The Coordinator of Serbia’s Action Team for locating and arresting Hague indictees, Rasim Ljajic, has repeated earlier warnings that he will resign if the number-one war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic is not arrested by the end of this year. Ljajic said he must bear responsibility for having said that the …

Ured visokog predstavnika međunarodne zajednice završio je popis državne imovine, a politički dogovor o njenoj raspodjeli i vlasništvu odgovornost je domaćih političkih lidera, izjavio je Valentin Incko, visoki predstavnik, prilikom jučerašnje prezentacije baze podataka o državnoj imovini. “Naš tim napravio je popis imovine koju je BiH dobila sukcesijom SFRJ i …

“I am extremely pleased to be here today to welcome and to reiterate my strong support to the cooperation project between the Municipal Court of Sarajevo and the Basic Court of Banja Luka. As I stated at your previous meeting of 9 of September, the relations these two courts have …

Moscow will ask the United Nations to control the work of international judges and prosecutores who are handling war crimes cases at Bosnia’s State Court after their mandate was recently extended by the top international envoy in the Balkan country. “Russia believes that the work of international jurists has to …

A mayor has finally been elected to Bosnia’s ethnically divided city of Mostar after a 14-month political deadlock was broken by the top international envoy in the country, Valentin Inzko. Bosnian Croat Ljubo Beslic’s election to the post was made possible by Inzko’s decision last week to change the city …