An ad hoc parliamentary commission set up to review the work of Bosnia’s judiciary asked on Wednesday the Bosnia's Council of Ministers to take steps to fix the shortcomings outlined in an OSCE report about the country’s response to corruption.
The commission urged the Council of Ministers to “take immediate concrete measures to address all judicial problems identified in the Report” and propose laws to ensure the accountability of the HJCP for this situation in the judiciary within 60 days.
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The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJCP) is the institution which appoints judicial officials in the country.
The commission also sent a set of questions to the HJCP and asked for the institution to respond within 15 days.
It asked, among other things, for the reasons behind the failures of Bosnia’s justice system that led to “impunity of perpetrators of numerous serious crimes,” such as corruption, and why there has been a dramatic decline in the number of new indictments and convictions.
It also asked why there is an “unwillingness” within the HJPC to “uphold ethical standards and ensure accountability within the judiciary.”
