Judges of the Court of BiH and the Registrar for the Court have attended the Second Annual Conference of Highest Courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, held in Banja Luka on 14 and 15 November 2018.
The organizers of the conference titled “Special Investigative Measures” are the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) in collaboration with the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF).
The Conference was attended by representatives of the highest judicial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Constitutional of Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Constitutional of Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Constitutional of Court of Republika Srpska, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Supreme Court of Republika Srpska, the Appellate Court of Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as representatives of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, centers for education of judges and prosecutors in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, the Judicial Commission of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina and human rights experts.
The conference focused on improving the implementation of standards set forth in the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the context of special investigative measures and the right to a fair trial enshrined in Article 6 of the Convention and the right to private and family life, home and correspondence guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention.
