Background documents

09/14/2002

Inaugural Ceremony of High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils Held
The inaugural ceremony of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska was held today in Sarajevo. The Councils are charged with the appointment of all judges and prosecutors in BiH, with some exceptions such as the Constitutional and Minor Offence Courts. They will also cond [...]
08/22/2002

Vacancies for Higher Tier Judicial and Prosecutorial Posts Announced
The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the HJPC of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the HJPC of the Republika Srpska will begin to announce vacancies for top-level judicial and prosecutorial posts at both BiH and Entity level...
07/24/2002

Judicial Reform Seminar
Yesterday and today, at Bjelasnica, ABA/CEELI, a project of the American Bar Association, financed by USAID to promote legal and judicial reform in BiH, and IRZ, the German Foundation for International Legal Assistance, in co-operation with the Independent Judicial Commission, organised a seminar attended by around 70 judges and legal professionals [...]
07/24/2002

Economic Newsletter, Vol. 5, Issue 2
Working in close collaboration with the World Bank, the Council of Ministers and the Entities have undertaken to develop a coordinated approach to reduce endemic poverty. Based on a World Bank format currently in use in over 40 other countries, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper draws on the empirical data acquired in the Living Standard Measure [...]
06/06/2002

Independent Judicial Commission Recommends Reform of Court Administration
A report on court administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, initiated by the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC), has found that courts are underfunded, that they lack direction and that the court system makes inefficient use of Judges’ working time. The report, entitled “Justice in Due Time”, was sent last week by the Director [...]
05/29/2002

Letter from the EU Presidency on BiH State Budget
The European Union is greatly concerned about the difficulties that are preventing the approval of the 2002 BiH State Budget. This subject still remains unresolved, despite the fact that has been pending for months and that it is a crucial matter for the stability and normalisation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
05/25/2002

Economic Newsletter, Vol. 5, Issue 1
On 19 March 2002, the 10th Plenary Session of the CTF was held in Sarajevo. The session focused to a great extent on EU Road Map progress, bearing in mind that if conditions are all fulfilled, the EC could proceed with the next step in the Stabilization and Association process (SAP), namely the Feasibility Study on negotiating a Stabilization and [...]