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Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/mambots/content/htmlfix.php on line 24 How Well Does the Constitutional Court of BiH Do Its Job? Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762   Reporters from the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo (CIN) set out to answer that question by checking court records and by talking with some 40 current and past judges, administrators, lawyers and others with experience at the court. CIN condensed the information collected, focusing on five key areas of performance to come up with an informal report card on the court. Read more...

Ozakonjena krađa deviznih ušteđevina Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 There are no translations available Stotine hiljada bh. građana, koji još od rata ne mogu podići svoje ušteđevine, trebali bi pomno pratiti rasplet predmeta "Suljagić protiv BiH" na Sudu za ljudska prava u Strasbourg-u.   Read more...   Država oprostila krađu deviznih ušteđevina Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 There are no translations available Početkom devedesetih godina banke u BiH zaledile su devizne štedne račune građana na kojima je bilo između 2,3 i 2,75 milijardi DEM. Ni nakon više od 17 godina, štediše nisu u mogućnosti podići svoj novac. Read more...   Will Court of BiH Prevail? Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 If the Constitutional Court of BiH rules that a section of the Law on the Court of BiH is unconstitutional at a session scheduled for Friday, it could leave entity and lower courts without an arbiter. Read more...   BiH Constitutional Court: Overstepping? Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Rulings by the Constitutional Court of BiH that delve into the legal basis of decisions by lower courts have stirred disputes in legal circles about whether the Court is overstepping its authority. Read more...   Politicians above the Constitution Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 The Constitution is the backbone of the law in any country– but ignored by some politicians in BiH. Read more...   Seada Palavrić New Head of High Court Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Acting President gets support from colleagues to be President of BiH’s Constitutional Court. Read more...   Court's Next Head Will Be Political Pro Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 In October, the BiH Constitutional Court will decide on a new president. Ethnically sensitive rules will restrict the judges to picking their new leader from between only two candidates – the two judges who have the least time on the bench but strong political backgrounds. Read more...   Glut of Cases Slow Highest Court Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 The court charged with enforcing the Constitution of BiH must also hear all appeals from the lower courts, leaving it hard-pressed to keep up with its primary duty. Read more...   A cobbled together justice system Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 At all levels, from the bottom to the Constitutional Court of BiH, justice suffers because multiple layers of courts with murky jurisdictions and too many insignificant cases cannot get through their workloads. Read more...   MP's put politics over qualifications Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/reportin/public_html/court/includes/joomla.php on line 3762 The House of Representatives of the FBiH Parliament turned its backs on Constitutional Court Judge candidates with strong legal credentials in favor of an SDA party leader. Many say the selection process needs reform. Read more...

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