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Federal Minister of Justice Vedran Skobic welcomed yesterdays adoption of the Law on Protection of the Right to a Fair Trial within a Reasonable Time in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federal Ministry of Justice announced that Minister Skobic expressed the expectation that this step forward will effectively treat the long-standing issue of the slowness of the courts and the challenge of the lack of effective domestic legal remedies. He added that this law represents an important step in harmonizing the judiciary of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with European standards, especially with the practice of the European Court of Human Rights (Article 6 of the ECHR).
The Ministry states that the goal of the law is to provide citizens with effective legal protection when court proceedings take an unreasonably long time, it includes numerous key provisions such as that each party to the proceedings can submit a request for the protection of the right to a trial within a reasonable time if they consider that the proceedings are taking too long, and that the president of the court or the chief prosecutor decide on the merits of the request, as well as that a decision is made that determines the deadline for the end of the proceedings if it is determined that the request is well-founded.
- The law stipulates that this term must not exceed six months from the date of the decision, that if a violation of rights is established, the party has the right to an appropriate monetary compensation, and that the amount of the compensation is from 300 KM to 3,000 KM per case, and in exceptional cases it can be higher. Also, it was pointed out that the Law applies to all courts in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the Ministrys press release states.
Minister Skobic stressed the importance of this step, emphasizing that in the coming time, strong work will continue on the adoption of all necessary legal solutions that will further improve the work of the judiciary in the Federation, the Federal Ministry of Justice announced.
