Milorad Dodik and Aleksandar Vucic in Serbia on March 24. Photo: Serbian Presidency.
The trial and subsequent conviction of Dodik led to secessionist legislation in the RS parliament. The day after Dodik’s conviction, Republika Srpska’s parliament passed laws rejecting the authority of BiH’s prosecutors, judiciary, and other Bosnian agencies. On March 7, 2025, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s national police service was asked to leave Banja Luka, RS’s administrative center. On March 12, 2025, The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia-Herzegovina issued an arrest warrant for Dodik. He has defied it. On March 14, 2025, Republika Srpska’s parliament adopted a new draft constitution that would give RS a standing army and a separate judiciary. The new constitution includes provisions for self-determination to permit RS to secede from Bosnia. Dodik has ordered RS to form its own border patrol.
Genocide Watch considers Bosnia-Herzegovina to be at Stage 1: Classification, Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Dehumanization, Stage 5: Organization, Stage 6: Polarization, Stage 7: Preparation, and Stage 10: Denial.
Genocide Watch Recommends:
· Dodic must be imprisoned and replaced as President of Republika Srpska.
· The new President of Republika Srpska must support remaining part of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
· Republika Srpska must accept the decisions of The Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
· NATO should prepare for renewed civil war in Bosnia and offer full support to the Bosnian government.