In early April of this year, recognizing that BiH-level authorities had no intention to make necessary changes to the law governing the provision of personal identification numbers, lawmakers in Republika
Category: Editors’ Journal
The High Representative’s Attack on BiH Self-Government
It is a strategy as old as democracy itself for a would-be autocrat to justify his claim to extralegal authority by vilifying the country’s squabbling elected leaders. Last week, Sarajevo
The HJPC Fights Reform to Defend its Turf
BiH’s friends in the international community often urge the country’s political leaders to cooperate across ethnic and entity lines to move BiH forward. Last autumn, BiH leaders did just that
Reducing Diplomatic Frustration
The US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina is a busy man. Apart from his official duties, he has undertaken to rewrite the Constitution of the Federation of BIH because, as
Phony “Symmetry” Issue Must Not Block Sejdić-Finci Implementation
The European Union is rightly losing patience with BiH’s failure to amend its Constitution to comply with the European Court of Human Rights’ 2009 decision in Sejdic and Finci v.