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SARAJEVO, July 15 (FENA) - The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a decision repealing the Law on Non-Application of the Decision of the High Representative in the Republika Srpska, which refers to the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regarding the denial of the genocide in Srebrenica and the glorification of war criminals.
“The Constitutional Court has decided that this controversial law of Republika Srpska ceases to be valid when our decision is published in the Official Gazette of BiH,” said the Vice President of the Constitutional Court, Mirsad Ćeman.
The Constitutional Court of BiH considered the request of seven deputies of the Council of Peoples of Republika Srpska for the assessment of the constitutionality of that Law.
"The Constitutional Court found that the law in question is not in accordance with Article 1.2 of the Constitution of BiH, and Article 1.2 defines BiH as a democratic state that functions on the basis of the law and also, the standard that the system of free democratic elections is applied in BiH. The Constitutional Court found that, in relation to these two articles, this law is not in accordance with the Constitution,” stated Ćeman.
According to him, this law predicted that the adopted law would cease to be valid in the RS.
In July 2021, the RS National Assembly adopted the Law on Non-Application of the Decision of the High Representative, which refers to the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of BiH under the urgent procedure. It was announced that former High Representative Valentin Inzko's decision will not be applied, and BiH Presidency member Milorad Dodik said that it would not be published in the Official Gazette of the RS entity.
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