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SARAJEVO, October 19 (FENA) - Director of the USAID Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Courtney Chubb, visited today, with her associates, the Presidency of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On behalf of the Presidency of the HJPC BiH, the meeting was attended by President Halil Lagumdžija, Vice President Sanela Gorušanović Butigan and member Sanin Bogunić, while the USAID delegation included Mission Director Courtney Chubb, USAID Democracy Office Chief Peter Cronin and Program and Planning Office Chief Savannah Thomas Arrigo.
During her presentation, Chubb said that the USAID BiH Mission has been supporting the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina for many years, as well as the HJPC BiH since its establishment in 2003 and that she believes that many positive changes have been made in the past.
“The judiciary is the first line of defense against corruption and abuse of office,” Director Chubb emphasized.
President Lagumdžija said that the issue of efficient processing of organized crime cases is a key issue for the successful functioning of the rule of law, emphasizing that ensuring preconditions for successful processing of these cases, in addition to basic competencies, is one of the highest priorities in the HJPC BiH.
He briefed the USAID delegation on the activities undertaken by the HJPC BiH to improve the work of the judiciary and the institution itself through the Reform Program and its Action Plan, as well as other strategic documents and plans.
At the end of the meeting, Director Chubb pointed out that she was pleased with the readiness of the new leadership of the HJPC BiH to devise creative solutions to the challenges facing the system, and that USAID was available for any kind of support in creating solutions.
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