25 Years After the Dayton Peace Agreement – Way Ahead
25 Years After the Dayton Peace Agreement – Way Ahead

Summary/Abstract: 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, known as the Dayton Peace Agreement. While over the period of 25 years the agreement has preserved its basic elements, through the arbitration award on Brčko, interventions (decisions) of the High Representative of the international community (OHR) and decisions of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina it has also underwent significant changes. Although the general observation is that the Dayton Peace Agreement stopped the war and brought peace to Bosnia and Herzegovina, its insufficiencies became apparent through the establishment of an unfunctional state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which aspires to become an EU and NATO member. Development of a rationally organized and functional rule-of-law state is one of the key requirements of its admission into EU. Therefore, the reform of the political organization of BiH is possible only within the framework of fulfillment of conditions for integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina into EU membership. The constitutional changes represent the foundation and solution for progress of BiH in all segments of society from which changes in other segments of the BiH society could continue.

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