{"id":1106,"date":"2025-11-04T21:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2025-11-04T21:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:19:48","slug":"bosnias-top-court-upholds-political-ban-on-bosnian-serb-leader-dodik-courts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1106","title":{"rendered":"Bosnia\u2019s top court upholds political ban on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik | Courts News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Constitutional Court rejects Milorad Dodik\u2019s appeal, saying the ex-president\u2019s right to a fair trial was not violated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 4 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">4 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The top court in Bosnia and Herzegovina has rejected an appeal by Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik against a verdict barring him from politics.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitutional Court\u2019s decision on Tuesday was Dodik\u2019s last legal recourse before the country\u2019s judiciary, months after a Sarajevo court convicted him for refusing to comply with decisions issued by the international envoy<span style=\"font-size:22px\">\u00a0overseeing the country\u2019s peace deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Dodik, former president of Bosnia\u2019s autonomous Serb Republic or Republika Srpska, was sentenced in February to one year in prison for defying Christian Schmidt, the German diplomat responsible for safeguarding the 1995 peace accords that ended Bosnia\u2019s 1990s war.<\/p>\n<p>He was also banned from holding political office for six years and stripped of his post as president.<\/p>\n<p>Dodik, a pro-Russian nationalist who has pushed for Republika Srpska to break away and join Serbia, had rejected the ruling and vowed to challenge his political ban.<\/p>\n<p>The case goes back to July 2023, when Dodik pushed through legislation in the Republika Srpska parliament banning the enforcement of all decisions issued by Schmidt, the international envoy.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Schmidt used his executive powers to amend Bosnia\u2019s criminal code, introducing a new offence for failing to comply with his own rulings \u2013 the charge under which Dodik was convicted.<\/p>\n<p>In their Constitutional Court appeal, Dodik\u2019s lawyers argued that Schmidt had no authority to intervene in the criminal code, saying only the national parliament was empowered to do so.<\/p>\n<p>But the top court on Tuesday ruled that Dodik\u2019s claims challenging Schmidt\u2019s status and authority were \u201cunfounded\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe appellant\u2019s right to a fair trial was not violated in the criminal proceedings against him,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Dodik\u2019s lawyers have already announced that they would take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>Dodik and his legal team did not immediately comment on Tuesday\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Republika Srpska parliament appointed Ana Trisic Babic as interim president ahead of elections scheduled for November 23.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constitutional Court rejects Milorad Dodik\u2019s appeal, saying the ex-president\u2019s right to a fair trial was not violated. 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