Failure to amend the Criminal Procedure Code could seriously harm BiH judiciary. The failure of the BiH authorities to adopt amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), and by doing so harmonize the disputed provisions of the law with the Constitution, could seriously jeopardize the functioning of the judiciary. If provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, affected by the Constitutional Court’s decision from June 2017, are repealed by the Court through a decision on non-enforcement of its earlier decision, the judiciary will be seriously crippled and it will not be able to process serious cases of crime and corruption in the country. Authorities need to acknowledge the seriousness of this situation and act accordingly in line with their responsibility to amend the Criminal Procedure Code.

