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Strukturirani dijalog o pravdi - Povodom prijedloga zakona o sudovima
Structural Dialogue on Justice - Upon the Law on Courts

Author(s): Merima Tanović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: structural dialogue on justice; rule of law; law certainty; independent judiciary; judicial reform; Court of BiH; Appellate Court of BiH; Law on courts of BiH

Summary/Abstract: Structural dialogue on justice as a European Commission mechanism for the improvement of complex judicial system in BiH and Venice Commission’s Opinion on legal certainty and the independence of the judiciary in BiH pointed on disadvantages of the judicial system in BiH and the necessity for reforms in justice area with purpose of strengthening the principle of the judicial independence, impartiality, efficiency, and the rule of law. Regarding jurisdiction and organization of the Court of BiH, Structural dialogue recommendations proposed the objectivisation of parameters for the application of article 7. p. 2 Law on Courts in BiH, defining the legal basis for delegation of the jurisdiction in war crimes cases to entity and Brcko District courts and considering of the establishment the Appellate court of BiH, all that with passing unique regulation on state level-Law on courts in BiH. Ministry of justice BiH prepared three unofficial drafts of this law, which is aiming to result in much wider changes in the Court of BiH and with the substantial changes in the judicial principles on the state level.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 191-218
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Bosnian