Bosnia-Herzegovina Secessionist Crisis
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Dodik faces international sanctions and legal proceedings but continues to paralyze state institutions; risk of constitutional collapse is at its highest since Dayton
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Dodik faces international sanctions and legal proceedings but continues to paralyze state
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The Dayton Agreement ended the Bosnian War and divided Bosnia-Herzegovina into two entities: the Bosniak-Croat Federation and Republika Srpska, creating a fragile ethnic power-sharing structure that left separatist tensions unresolved.
Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik began openly advocating for secession from Bosnia-Herzegovina, framing Dayton's institutions as illegitimate impositions on the Serb entity.
Dodik announced Republika Srpska would withdraw from three key state institutions—the armed forces, the judiciary, and the tax authority—marking the sharpest escalation since the war's end.
Republika Srpska passed laws establishing a parallel army and rejecting the jurisdiction of Bosnia's state court and prosecutor's office, directly defying the Dayton framework.
The EU and United States imposed targeted sanctions on Dodik and associated officials for undermining Bosnia's constitutional order and state sovereignty.
A Bosnian state court convicted Dodik of defying the country's High Representative, sentencing him to one year in prison and a six-year political ban, which Republika Srpska refused to enforce.
Russia and Serbia provide political backing to Republika Srpska; EU and US support Bosnian central institutions
Milorad Dodik acts as de facto proxy for Serbian and Russian interests undermining Dayton Agreement structures
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