High Representative Appoints International Prosecutors to BiH Prosecutor’s Office

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has appointed Julia A. Baly, Peter Tinsley and Michael P. McVicker as International Prosecutor to the Special Department for War Crimes in the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia andHerzegovina and Erik Nils Larson as International Prosecutor in the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption in the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

These appointments, which take effect immediately, are for two years and are subject to reappointment pursuant to the Law. In the event of resignation by or inability of a prosecutor to complete his mandate, the High Representative will appoint a successor to complete the above-mentioned term of office.