Transconflict: The silent passing of Bosnian proconsulship – Matthew Parish

Former legal advisor to OHR Matthew Parish argues that by lifting bans against Serb officials and citizens, HR Inzko is signaling a major change in the role of the High Representative and the international community.

An era of tyranny has quietly drawn to a close. On Friday 10 June 2011, Bosnia’s High Representative Valentin Inzko lifted the suspensions from public office of virtually all the remaining officials subject to his predecessors’ bans. He removed the blockages of all individuals’ bank accounts that had been frozen by prior High Representatives’ orders, and lifted the restrictions upon the finances of the Serb Democratic Party, SDS, that have been in place for the better part of a decade.

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