Press releases

The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the HJPC of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the HJPC of the Republika Srpska will begin to announce vacancies for top-level judicial and prosecutorial posts at both BiH and Entity level...

Yesterday and today, at Bjelasnica, ABA/CEELI, a project of the American Bar Association, financed by USAID to promote legal and judicial reform in BiH, and IRZ, the German Foundation for International Legal Assistance, in co-operation with the Independent Judicial Commission, organised a seminar attended by around 70 judges and legal professionals [...]

A report on court administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, initiated by the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC), has found that courts are underfunded, that they lack direction and that the court system makes inefficient use of Judges’ working time. The report, entitled “Justice in Due Time”, was sent last week by the Director [...]

Yesterday, the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC) sent a report on judicial behaviour in the Una-Sana Canton (Canton 1) to the Federation Judges Commission (FJC) and the Una Sana Canton Judges Commission

The Head of the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC), Judge Rakel Surlien, is pleased to announce the start of a new judicial reform project. Funded by the Norwegian government and under the auspices of the IJC, the project will focus on administration and management in BiH courts. It has the full support of both Entity Ministers of Justice

The director of the Independent Judicial Commission, Judge Rakel Surlien, yesterday informed the Federation Judges’ Commission, the Federation Prosecutors’ Commission, the RS High Judicial Council, and the RS High Prosecutorial Council that the IJC is recommending to the Federation and RS assemblies that they extend the Comprehensive Re [...]

The first meeting took place yesterday in Sarajevo of the recently established Judicial Partnership Forum. This inaugural meeting was co-ordinated by the Independent Judicial Commission and participants included members of various legislative bodies, Ministries and the judiciary.

Today, the Director of the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC) for BiH, Judge Rakel Surlien, visited Banja Luka together with the Chief of the Monitoring and Implementation Department, Judge Kari Kiesilainen and the Deputy Chief, Timothy Hughes

The Independent Judicial Commission (IJC) welcomes the Decision of the High Representative imposing the Law on Amendments to the Law on Judicial and Prosecutorial Service in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.