Independent Judicial Commission

The Disciplinary Prosecutor has completed investigatingallegations against 15 judges and prosecutors temporarily suspended by the High Representative in May and July 2002. The judges and prosecutors were temporarily suspended following allegations of misconduct constituting disciplinary offences under the Law on HJPC.

The new international member Judge Jorge Ribeiro, a Portuguese Civil and Criminal Law Judge, has joined today to the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Federation of BiH (FBiH) and the Republika Srpska (RS).

The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Republika Srpska has decided to suspendJudge Lidija Borkovic from her position of a judge of the Basic Court in Bjeljina.

Due to a lack of enough appropriate candidates to fill the "vital interest panel" for the Republika Srpska Constitutional Court (Article 116 of the Republika Srpska Constitution) the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Republika Srpska has decided to reissue the vacancy announcement for that Court.

The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs), pursuant to their competence under law, announced an open competition for appointment to a projected number of posts in all Cantonal and Municipal courts and prosecutors’ offices in the Federation of BiH and all District and Basic courts and prosecutors’ offices in Republika Srpska. [...]

The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils have made decisions on the number of judges and prosecutors for the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the FBiH Supreme Court, the FBiH Prosecutor’s Office, the RS Supreme Court and the Office of the RS Prosecutor.

Members of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation BiH and Republika Srpska are currently preparing the work of the disciplinary panels.
Today, the HJPCs members will have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of French judiciary system in the disciplinary proceedings against judges [...]

Members of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska extend their most sincere condolences to the family and friends on the death of Professor Kasim Begic.

Director of Independent Judicial Commission (IJC), judge Rakel Surlien had meetings with Republika Srpska Minister of Justice Ms. Biljana Maric in Banja Luka on Thursday, 7 November and today in Sarajevo she met with Federation Minister of Justice Mr. Zvonko Mijan.

The Nomination Panels of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs) of BiH, Federation BiH and Republika Srpska will, this week, hold the first interviews for the for judges and prosecutors who will be appointed to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the FBiH Supreme Court, the FBiH Pros [...]