Nedzma Dzananovic and Sead Turcalo, Author at GlobalFocus

Nedzma Dzananovic and Sead Turcalo

Nedžma Džananović is a former diplomat, now an Associate Professor and researcher at the University of Sarajevo’s Faculty of Political Science. Her research foci include international relations and diplomacy, as well as the European integration. Sead Turčalo is an Associate Professor at the University of Sarajevo’s Faculty of Political Science and the Faculty’s Dean. He lectures on geopolitics, international security and international conflict management, and also researches state-building and international security issues.

Policy Recommendations

Full institutional and financial independence of the judiciary must be ensured on judicial levels, following the example of the Brčko District.
Amending specific aspects and provisions of disciplinary procedures and elaborating ethical codes in order to further develop, clarify and promote the application of highest ethical standards within the judiciary would be a measure particularly important for restoring the public trust in judiciary.
The revised Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council should ensure a comprehensive reform of its functioning given its immense influence – while the independence from external factors should be strengthened, internally it should be restructured to avoid the concentration of power. The Office of the Discipline Council, particularly, needs full institutional, financial and personal independence from the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council.

Rule of Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina – the Transformation of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council