The 1992 to 1995 war in Bosnia & Herzegovina became one of the defining episodes in the development of modern international criminal and humanitarian law. The siege of Sarajevo, the campaign of ethnic cleansing across the country, and the genocide at Srebrenica confronted the international community with questions of accountability, civilian protection, and post conflict order that continue to shape legal practice today. The scholarship presented in this collection draws on direct practitioner engagement with these questions, offering analytically rigorous perspectives on the legal, institutional, and human dimensions of Bosnia & Herzegovina’s war and its long aftermath.

From the constitutional architecture established by the Dayton Peace Agreement to the legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the unfinished work of reform and reconciliation, this collection examines the core legal questions that continue to shape Bosnia & Herzegovina’s transition from war to durable peace. Together, the articles demonstrate the capacity of international law both to end conflict and to sustain the institutions, rights, and governance on which lasting peace depends.