US Treasury sanctions Bosnian Serb leaders for ‘inflammatory legislation’

Zeljka Cvijanovic, inaugurated to the three-member presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2022, was among the four individuals sanctioned on Monday [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]

The United States has sanctioned four Bosnian Serb officials for passing a law it calls a “brazen attempt to undermine state institutions”.

The law, signed into effect on July 7, allows the Republika Srpska — part of Bosnia and Herzegovina — to ignore decisions made by the country’s Constitutional Court.