Republika Srpska is one step away from deciding, for the first time in its history, to address the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in order to expose who is behind the greatest crisis in BiH since the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, writes Glas Srpske.
The initiative to address the Court in The Hague was enabled by a conclusion adopted by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska in March, at the proposal of the President of the National Assembly, Nenad Stevandić.
The conclusion sent a request for arbitration to resolve the dispute between Republika Srpska and BiH, in their capacities as contracting parties to Annex Four of the Dayton Peace Agreement and Annex Ten, which concerns the mandate and powers of the High Representative.
The deadline for the parties to respond expired at the end of last week, thus opening the possibility for the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to express an opinion on the burning issues in BiH.
Professor of international law Dragan Dakić believes that a legal case will be initiated in The Hague, since BiH has been identified as the party in the proceedings because its institutions have unilaterally changed the annexes of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
“The essence is that Republika Srpska stated that the interpolation of Christian Schmidt into the legal system of BiH, carried out by the Constitutional Court of BiH in 2023, constitutes a violation of Annex Four, which prescribes the division of powers and competencies in BiH — one of the fundamental aspects of any peace agreement — as well as Annex Ten, which prescribes the appointment of the High Representative,” Dakić said.
Source: RTRS
