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EC Library Guide on country knowledge: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected reports

Selected think tank reports

Assessing the security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Status and prospects

Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych,
2022.

The worsening internal problems in Bosnia, especially separatist tendencies in Republika Srpska, are being used by Russia in its hybrid methods to destabilise Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and impede its integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has contributed to the resumption of the political debate in BiH about membership in NATO, which is opposed by the Bosnian Serbs, who support military neutrality.
Leaving Dayton for Brussels: Reviving Bosnia’s constitutional reform

López Domènech, Berta. European Policy Centre,
2023.

In December 2022, the European Council granted Bosnia and Herzegovina candidate status. Now, to make EU
membership a reality, Bosnia needs to address several conditions and implement major reforms.
Rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The transformation of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council

Džananović, N. and Turčalo, S. Österreichische Institut für Internationale Politik, 2022.

In its Analytical Report from 2019 and consequent Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 2020, the European
Commission has pointed that judiciary in the country, in general, is barely at an early stage, meaning that it has only some level of preparation for the integration in the European Union.