Republic Secretariat for Relations with International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague and Research War Crimes, as separate administrative organization, was established by Ministries Law (Official Gazette RS no 70/02).

Frame of works that are under jurisdiction of this Secretariat is determined by article 39 of the mentioned Ministries Law of Republika Srpska. By Law on substitution and amendments on Ministries (Official Gazette of RS no. 33/04, article 39 of the Law on Ministries) it has changed because tasks that were related to research, gathering, systematization of data and keeping files on captured and missing persons had been erased from competence of the Secretariat.

Internal organization and systematization of positions in Republic Secretariat for Relations with International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague and Research War Crimes is determined by Code on internal organization and systematization of positions, which were brought by head of the Secretariat. This Code is in accordance with the article 33 item 3 of Statute of principles on internal organization and systematization of positions in administrations of Republika Srpska (Official Gazette no. 1/03 and 29/03) and Government of Republika Srpska gave its accordance on 29 December 2003, published in Official Gazette no. 32/04.

  Cooperation of Republika Srpska with International Tribunal in The Hague is regulated by Law on Cooperation of Republika Srpska with International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague (Official Gazette no 52/01).

In the article 2 of the mentioned Law on Cooperation of Republika Srpska with International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague was anticipated that cooperation of Republika Srpska with ICTY would go in accordance with Statute and Rules of Procedure and Evidence of International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague as well as in accordance with Code on Criminal Procedure of Republika Srpska.

 In Bosnia and Herzegovina is on effect the international agreement "Rules of the Road" concluded in Rome on the 18th February 1996, which foresee that nobody in Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be arrested or in detention under suspicion for committed war crimes and serious violation of International Humanitarian Law under jurisdiction of International Tribunal in The Hague, and which was determined by Statute of Tribunal, as long as Prosecutor's Office at International Tribunal in The Hague does not review evidences against mentioned persons and replies if the criminal cases, that are being led before domestic judiciary, contains sufficient evidences, under international standards, to confirm reasonable grounds for believing that a person who is the subject committed serious violation of International Humanitarian Law, and to decide if criminal procedures, which are being processed before domestic judiciary in Republika Srpska, can be continued. In accordance with this international agreement, criminal cases that were impeached before judicial of Republika Srpska are being submitted to the "Rules of the Road" Department of International Tribunal in The Hague.

The wish of this Secretariat is to present to domestic and world public and competent institutions a content of mentioned legal documents that represent a ground of cooperation of Republika Srpska with International Tribunal in The Hague

Legal Documents