nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221007-230535-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221007s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20221007-230535-0 doi eng 342 23 Woelk, Jens Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-6557-3104 Cutting the Gordian Knot in Bosnia and Herzegovina - The High Representative Imposes Constitutional and Legislative Amendments on Election Eve Woelk, Jens Verfassungsblog 2022-10-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Just after the polling stations on October 2, 2022, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) had closed, High Representative Christian Schmidt dropped a bombshell when he imposed changes to the Election Law of BiH as well as 21 amendments to the Constitution of the Federation of BiH. It was the second decision of the High Representative regarding this year’s elections in BiH. Their recent impact to change the BiH Election Law on the evening of the elections as well as constitutional amendments raises the question of the sustainability of this complex post-conflict arrangement in BiH. Was the quick fix by the High Representative necessary, useful and justified? CC BY-SA 4.0 Bonn Powers Bosnia and Herzegovina Election law High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sahadžić, Maja Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/cutting-the-gordian-knot-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ raw object