Bosnia's Top Court Blocks Separatist Laws by Bosnian Serbs

The Constitutional Court's suspension of legislation banning federal institutions escalates tensions in the fragile post-war state.

Bosnia's Constitutional Court temporarily suspended laws passed by Republika Srpska banning federal judiciary and police operations in the Serb-run entity.
The court's decision follows an appeal from Bosnian officials, who argue the laws violate the country's constitution and the Dayton peace accords that ended the 1992-95 war.
Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, recently convicted for defying international peace envoy Christian Schmidt, has rejected the court's authority and called on ethnic Serbs to resign from federal institutions.
Dodik's actions, including a police raid on a federal office in Banja Luka, have heightened fears of further destabilization in the ethnically divided country.
The European Union and United States have condemned the separatist moves, warning they undermine Bosnia's constitutional order and fragile peace.