Background documents

The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils have made decisions on the number of judges and prosecutors for the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the FBiH Supreme Court, the FBiH Prosecutor’s Office, the RS Supreme Court and the Office of the RS Prosecutor.

Members of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation BiH and Republika Srpska are currently preparing the work of the disciplinary panels. Today, the HJPCs members will have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of French judiciary system in the disciplinary proceedings against judges and p [...]

Members of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska extend their most sincere condolences to the family and friends on the death of Professor Kasim Begic.

Director of Independent Judicial Commission (IJC), judge Rakel Surlien had meetings with Republika Srpska Minister of Justice Ms. Biljana Maric in Banja Luka on Thursday, 7 November and today in Sarajevo she met with Federation Minister of Justice Mr. Zvonko Mijan.

The Nomination Panels of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs) of BiH, Federation BiH and Republika Srpska will, this week, hold the first interviews for the for judges and prosecutors who will be appointed to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the FBiH Supreme Court, the FBiH Pros [...]

Judges and Prosecutors need better access to legal information was the conclusion of the latest Independent Judicial Commission (IJC) Report on Access to Legal Information. This report analyses the types of legal information available to judges and prosecutors and proposes eleven low-cost low-tech recommendations that will improve the quality and t [...]

In the open competition for two posts as members of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to be appointed by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska (RSNA), the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Republika Srpska has received eight applications. The final selection will be done by the RSNA upon proposal of the High Judicial [...]