POLITIČKO NASILjE I UKIDANjE USTAVNIH PRAVA REPUBLIKE SRPSKE: ODUZIMANjE TERITORIJE, VOJSKE I PRAVOSUĐA, 1996–2006.

Abstract

The study examines the techniques of political violence used by the Bosniak political elite and Western countries led by the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom in order to disempower the Republika Srpska and, in the long run, abolish it. The land, army, and judicial system were targeted as crucial parts of the Republika Srpska’s statehood, as confirmed in the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement. All seizures of Srpska’s competencies were carried out in violation of the peace agreement and the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as basic international law norms and egregious abuses of democratic procedures. Western countries have treated Bosnia and Herzegovina as a lawless zone, subordinating its democratically elected bodies and institutions to their own will, embodied in the form of “High Representative” or “Supervisor” in the Brcko Municipality. The state of lawlessness and the principle of the “right of the stronger,” according to which the High Representative had the authority to pass and repeal laws, remove democratically elected officials, and prohibit different people from engaging in politics, provided a framework within which elements of the Republika Srpska’s statehood could be abolished against its citizens’ will