Bosnia and Herzegovina

1959-03-12

Karadjordjeva Street 3, Laktasi, 78250, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Milorad Dodik as the Bosnian Serb member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina tripartite Presidency has used this position to undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina through using hate speech to stir ethnic tensions, calling for the fragmentation of Bosnia and Herzogovina to create an independent Republika Srpska, and overseeing legislative steps to degrade/destroy state institutions.

Has previously held a series of high-profile governance positions within the Bosnian Serb Entity. Leader of a key party, the SNSD (expelled from the Socialist International in 2012 for its “nationalism and extremism”). The party has been in power in the Republika Srpska since 2006. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

2022-04-11

UK

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

UK country specific

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of designated persons, either directly or indirectly. • The effect of the Regulations is to impose a travel ban on persons who are designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of being made subject to immigration sanctions under the Sanctions Act.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They put in place sanctions measures to: • promote respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, international personality and constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina • promote the peace, stability and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina • encourage compliance with, and the implementation of, the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 to find out any amendments made to the Regulations. These regulations have replaced, with substantially the same effect, relevant existing EU legislation and related UK regulations.

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.