LEGAL DYNAMITE. How a Bosnian court may bring closer the end of the Bosnian protectorate
LEGAL DYNAMITE. How a Bosnian court may bring closer the end of the Bosnian protectorate

Author(s): Gerald Knaus, Marcus Cox
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, International relations/trade, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: Peace Implementation Council; Protectorate over Bosnia and Hercegovina; High Representative;
Summary/Abstract: On 27 February, diplomats representing 55 governments and international agencies met in Brussels as the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) for Bosnia and Herzegovina. They decided to prolong the international protectorate of the country until June 2008, although they had initially planned to close it down this coming June. This means that the extraordinary powers of the High Representative, who is also the EU’s Special Envoy, to impose legislation and to dismiss public officials have been extended as well. The Council also decided not to renew the mandate of the current High Representative, German politician Christian Schwarz-Schilling, whom influential PIC members accuse of not using his powers aggressively enough.

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