The OSCE Mission to BiH welcomes the publication of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Parliamentary Assembly (PA) House of Representatives (HoR) Interim Investigative Committee’s (IIC) final Report on the state of the BiH judiciary, which reaffirms the importance of parliamentary oversight and dialogue between different branches of power as essential features of a healthy democracy.
The Mission commends these domestically-driven efforts to produce meaningful recommendations to ensure the independence and accountability of the BiH judiciary. Many conclusions of the IIC echo the Mission’s own findings, developed through its monitoring of the status of rule of law in BiH. Key recommendations of the IIC Report complement those of the Mission, namely in the areas of judicial appointments and disciplinary proceedings and on combatting impunity.
Given the clear relationship between the recommendations of the IIC and those of the Mission, we look forward to supporting the implementation of these common interests. The Mission further calls on all responsible stakeholders to address the recommendations issued by the IIC that confirm those of the Mission, which would not only improve the rule of law in BiH but would also strengthen the system of checks and balances and mutual accountability shared by the three pillars of government.
