Petty Corruption as a Discriminating Experience – The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Petty Corruption as a Discriminating Experience – The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina still significantly affects the functionality of the state and the quality of the everyday life of its citizens. When it comes to the everyday life of ordinary citizens, it is the ―petty/everyday corruption that affects it more directly and more frequently than the so called ―grand corruption, as petty corruption takes place in everyday interactions between citizens and the public service sector. The aim of this paper is to point out the discriminating practices that occur as a consequence of petty corruption. The recommendation in this paper is that both anticorruption and human rights advocates evoke international human rights instruments to force accountability on the part of the state or a state/public organ and so create disincentives for corruption. While this approach is not meant to replace traditional anti-corruption mechanisms, primarily the criminal law, but only supplement it. It can give cases prominence; may force a state to take preventive action, or may deter corrupt officials from misusing their powers.

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