MISIJA OSCE U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
OSCE MISSION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: Bosnia and Herzegovina is a specific state, with a characteristic, and for Europe and the world complex organization and sovereignty in terms of international law. There is also a kind of protectorate, as the United Nations Security Council appoints the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is the highest political authority in the country. Such a form of modern "dictatorship" is not present anywhere in Europe today, and looking at it from the aspect of international law, we find elements of violation of the international legal subjectivity of this state. International organizations have a special role in Bosnia and Herzegovina and have been actively involved in its political life from Dayton to the present day. The OSCE, as an international organization dealing with security issues, has had a major impact on the development of post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an international organization that primarily deals with issues of arms control, human rights, freedom of the press and free elections. Bosnia and Herzegovina came out of the war with a large amount of weapons, and is constantly on the verge of a conflict. It is a state in which the democratic deficit is expressed, and it is a state in which there is great distrust of the citizens in the election process and the representatives of the government in general. In such circumstances, the OSCE was given special status in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As the goal of the OSCE as an organization is primarily to prevent conflicts and act in crisis situations, Bosnia and Herzegovina was inevitably directed to cooperate with this international organization. Therefore, this paper focuses on the relationship between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the OSCE, taking into account all the specifics of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a complex state as well as the complex political situation that has been present in its area since Dayton.

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