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3mo ago

Bosnian State Court Revokes Arrest Warrant for Serb Leader Milorad Dodik

Judges ruled the original grounds had lapsed with a replacement condition that Dodik must check in with Laktasi police every two weeks.

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In Bosnien-Herzegowina hat die Justiz den Haftbefehl gegen den bosnischen Serbenführer Milorad Dodik aufgehoben. Dodik sei bei der Generalstaatsanwaltschaft des Landes vorstellig geworden und habe sich dort verhören lassen, erklärten die Ermittlungsbehörde und der Staatsgerichtshof.
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Overview

  • In March a warrant was issued after Dodik ignored a summons from the Bosnian Prosecutor’s Office; authorities accused him of unilaterally severing central judicial authority in Republika Srpska.
  • Dodik appeared at the General Prosecutor’s Office under guarantees against arrest with his lawyer accompanying him to the State Court.
  • His February conviction for contempt of the High Representative Christian Schmidt carries a one-year sentence that is currently subject to appeal.
  • The decision represents a tenuous detente in Dodik’s secessionist challenge to Bosnia’s central institutions under the Dayton framework.
  • International actors such as EUFOR and NATO have monitored the crisis closely out of concern that Dodik’s Russian ties could destabilize regional security.