ARHIVSKO ZAKONODAVSTVO NA NIVOU BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
ARCHIVAL LEGISLATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: With the entry into force of the Law on Archival Material and the Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 1987 Law on Archival Activity of BiH has ceased to be valid. The new law, in spite of the fact that it covered the basic areas and spheres of archival activity, also contains certain deficiencies. First and foremost, the law is not fully adapted to the time it was created and intended. The disadvantages of the Law are professional and technical. Professional disadvantages are contained in the fact that the Law did not cover all the very important vocational chapters. Among other things, the issue of materials on new information holders has not been addressed at all, nor is it in any way a busy attitude or rules offered to solve this problem. Also, the issues of technical and technological protection of materials (microfilm, scanning, etc.) are not covered at all. The law does not cover the problem of war production of registry materials and its protection, which is of great significance for the reconstruction of our close past due to the time and circumstances in which it was created. There is also nothing to say about the need for conservation and restoration of archival material. The provisions of the Law did not deal with the field of ordering and archiving in the archives. In addition, the law does not provide answers to many areas of archival profession: the issue of training of staff and their professional training and the pursuit of vocational qualifications, then issues of cultural promotion activities, issues of use by foreign citizens, etc. Some of the identified shortcomings in the law can be replaced by the adoption of the foreseen subordinate legislation. However, the Law on Archival Material and the Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina should have been much more content and systematic, which would create the possibility of more adequate resolution of many professional issues at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its administrative part.

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