Background documents
01/17/2003
Bulldozer Presentation in Tuzla: Difficult Small Business Registration
/ohr-dept/econ/bulldozer-initiative/press-review/pdf/03 Bulldozer Press Article.pdf
12/24/2002
Disciplinary Prosecutor Confirms Eight Resignations and Files Three Disciplinary Indictments with the HJPCs
The Disciplinary Prosecutor has completed investigatingallegations against 15 judges and prosecutors temporarily suspended by the High Representative in May and July 2002. The judges and prosecutors were temporarily suspended following allegations of misconduct constituting disciplinary offences under the Law on HJPC.
12/20/2002
“Bulldozer Committee” Shall Clear Path for Businessmen
/ohr-dept/econ/bulldozer-initiative/press-review/pdf/02 Bulldozer Press Article.pdf
12/17/2002
New International Member of HJPCs joins the Councils
The new international member Judge Jorge Ribeiro, a Portuguese Civil and Criminal Law Judge, has joined today to the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Federation of BiH (FBiH) and the Republika Srpska (RS).
12/17/2002
Suspension of Judge
The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Republika Srpska has decided to suspendJudge Lidija Borkovic from her position of a judge of the Basic Court in Bjeljina.
12/17/2002
Vacancies for the RS Constitutional Court and for the RS Component for the BiH Constitutional Court Re-announced
Due to a lack of enough appropriate candidates to fill the "vital interest panel" for the Republika Srpska Constitutional Court (Article 116 of the Republika Srpska Constitution) the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Republika Srpska has decided to reissue the vacancy announcement for that Court.
12/16/2002
Provisional Administrator Announces Conclusions of Her Investigation
The Provisional Administrator, Toby Robinson, on Monday made public the conclusions of her investigation into Hercegovacka Banka. The report, which runs to more than 90 pages, reveals that
o the Bank was insolvent on 6 April 2001, and would have collapsed had it not been taken over. Depositors would have had no compensation, and all the staff wo [...]
12/13/2002
Paddy Ashdown Requests Proposals from 500 Businessmen
/ohr-dept/econ/bulldozer-initiative/press-review/pdf/01 Bulldozer Press Article.pdf
12/13/2002
Bulldozer Initiative
The High Representative launched an initiative on November 12th to dismantle barriers to business growth and job creation. He called this a “bulldozer” effort, and our intention is to knock down as many roadblocks and cut as much red tape as we can to free up the economy for growth.
12/02/2002
HJPC Announce Open Competition for About 900 Judicial and Prosecutorial Positions
The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs), pursuant to their competence under law, announced an open competition for appointment to a projected number of posts in all Cantonal and Municipal courts and prosecutors’ offices in the Federation of BiH and all District and Basic courts and prosecutors’ offices in Republika Srpska. [...]