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Two Recent Strasbourg Judgments Against Bosnia and Herzegovina: Extending the Prohibition of Ethnic Exclusion in Access to Public Office

Introduction The judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights on 3 February 2026 in Begić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Begić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (No 2) represent another important development in the Court’s anti-discrimination jurisprudence concerning the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In both cases, the Court found a violation of …

Operationalising Fundamentals: Rule of Law Conditionality in the EU Growth Plan

The EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans was introduced in 2023 as a complementary enlargement instrument designed to foster economic convergence and social development alongside the broader Europeanisation process. What distinguishes this instrument, however, is not merely its economic ambition but its method – modelled on the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Growth Plan …

The Strasbourg Barometer: Assessing the State of Human Rights Protection in South-East Europe in 2025

In 2025, the European Convention on Human Rights commemorated its 75th anniversary. For the legal community, this milestone is not merely ceremonial; it represents three-quarters of a century of building a “common public order” across the continent. Yet, for the nations of South-East Europe, the data from this anniversary year serves less as a celebration …