Yesterday, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina suspended part of the curriculum introduced in elementary schools in the Serbian entity, which depicts convicted war criminals from the 1992-1995 war. as heroes. The Ministry of Education of the Republika Srpska introduced a module on the Bosnian War and its causes from a Serbian perspective for the final grades of elementary schools in the school year that began in September.
That module portrays Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadžić and military leader Ratko Mladić, both sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes and genocide before the Hague Tribunal, as historical figures who enabled the creation of Republika Srpska.
At yesterday's plenary session, the Constitutional Court decided to immediately suspend the part of the curriculum that deals with the war and the creation of the Serbian entity, responding to a request submitted by 13 members of the national parliament.
Explaining the decision, the court stated that the implementation of that part of the program could cause further segregation and division among students of different ethnic backgrounds.
In practice, the multi-ethnic court has limited powers to enforce its decisions. Republika Srpska withdrew Serbian judges in protest over the continued presence of foreign judges working in the court as part of the peace agreement. Serbian leaders claim that they do not respect court decisions and have ignored them in the past.
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