Bosnia must overhaul judiciary, end political obstruction - report


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  • Friday, 06 Dec 2019

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia must overhaul its complex and opaque justice system and do more to protect the rule of law if it wants to press its case to join the European Union, legal experts said in an EU-commissioned report on Thursday.

The divided Balkan country was suffering from dysfunctional institutions at all levels, and needed to stop political interference in judicial reforms, read the report by independent legal officials published in Brussels.

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