The Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law was set up as part of Sarajevo University in 1992 to research war crimes, genocide and other crimes that breach international law. The website has information on the Institute’s research projects and publications and can be viewed in Bosnian and English
Website of the Constitutional Court of Republika Srpska, one of the entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was established in 1992. Decisions of the court can be viewed in full text back to 1999. There is also a full text copy of the Republika Srpska Constitution along with recent news items. The site can be viewed in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is responsible for conducting investigations into criminal offences under the jurisdiction of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and for the prosecution of war crimes. Legislation relating to the Prosecutor’s Office and the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is available on the website along with a selection of criminal and civil laws. Profiles of the prosecutors, the Chief Prosecutor and the prosecutor's code of ethics are also given. The site can be viewed in English, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
Website of the Court Documentation Centre of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This provides selected decisions from Bosnia and Herzegovina courts and from the European Court of Human Rights for the Western Balkans. Other materials available include full text laws and codes and other legal publications of Bosnia and Herzegovina. There is also a map showing war crimes that have been legally concluded in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Website of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina which was established in 2002 to deal with issues that fall within the jurisdiction of the state – eg. terrorism, war crimes, human trafficking and organised crime. The site has profiles of the judges, laws, cases and other documents relating to the Court. The site can be viewed in English, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
The Dayton Peace Accords sought to achieve a peaceful settlement to the Balkans conflict in 1995. They relate to the positions of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and Yugoslavia. This website, which is available as part of the Avalon Project maintained by Yale University, contains the text of the agreement and its appendixes. The appendixes include letters from Slobodan Milosevic and the US Department of State Dispatch.
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is a member of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and works to promote democracy and human rights within Europe. Its primary activites include the monitoring of parliamentary elections within the OSCE (Office for Security of Central Europe). The website includes the full-text of the Helsinki Committee's reports on parliamentary elections since 1995. These include reports from Albania, Romania, the former Yugoslavia and nations of the former Soviet Union. The text is available in Norwegian or English.
Online guide to legal information in Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Mirela Rozajac-Zuleiae who is an Expert Counselor in the Library of Law faculty in Sarajevo. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2022 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The guide provides an introduction to the legal system in Bosnia and Herzegovina along with general and historical information about the state.
Selection of laws of Bosnia Herzegovina made freely available on the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) Website. The FIPA is a government agency providing free information for foreign investors. Legislation on the site relates to foreign investment issues and deals with areas such as competition, business, employment, free zones, the Central Bank, foreign trade policy, customs policy and foreign direct investment in Bosnia Herzegovina. Laws are presented in English as PDF documents.
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is an organisation working with countries where there have been mass atrocities or abuses of human rights. The site outlines the Center's research, training and legal and policy analysis and makes available its reports, briefings and other publications. The organisation has initiatives in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.The site is in English, Spanish, French and Arabic.
