Cutting the Gordian Knot in Bosnia and Herzegovina - The High Representative Imposes Constitutional and Legislative Amendments on Election Eve

Cutting the Gordian Knot in Bosnia and Herzegovina - The High Representative Imposes Constitutional and Legislative Amendments on Election Eve Woelk, Jens Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-6557-3104 Sahadžić, Maja Author aut Text xx# 2022 Verfassungsblog 2022-10-07 eng 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 Woelk, Jens Bonn Powers Bosnia and Herzegovina Election law High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/cutting-the-gordian-knot-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20221007-230535-0 221007 10.17176/20221007-230535-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)