Donation of 2.3 Million euro for the Justice Sector

On 14 May 2007, Ambassador Dimitris Koukoulas and Mrs. Biljana Potparic-Lipa, representing the Registrar’s Office of the Court of BiH, signed a contract on the donation of 2.3 million Euro worth of support for the BiH Court Registry.

As Ambassador Kourkoulas stressed ” The rule of law is one of the European Union’s key priorities in the process of European integration. The establishment of an efficient, unbiased and independent judiciary is a key in the Stabilisation and Association process of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

With this donation, the European Union is fulfilling its commitment made at the Donors’ Conference held in Brussels in March 2006. To date, the European Union has donated over 3 million Euro to suppport this sector.

Following the signing ceremony, attendants heard statements by Meddzida Kreso, President of the Court of BiH, Marinko Jurcevic, the Chief Prosecutor and David Schwendimman, Registrar for the BiH Prosecutors’ Office stressing the importance of this donation.

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