Zlatko M. Knežević (born 1960 in

Bosanski Novi Novi Grad (Serbian Cyrillic: ), formerly Bosanski Novi ( sr-cyrl, Босански Нови), is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Administratively, it is located in the Republika Srpska entity. Situated in the far northwest o ...

) is a former judge of the

Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Ustavni sud Bosne i Hercegovine, Уставни суд Босне и Херцеговине) is the interpreter and guardian of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, It ...

Biography

Knežević attended schools in

and graduated from the

University of Belgrade Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law of the University in Belgrade ( sr, Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду/''Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu''), also known as the Belgrade Law School, is one of the first-tier educatio ...

; he passed the bar exam in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

in 1987.Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina - CV
/ref> Knežević worked shortly for the ''Sana'' company in Bosanski Novi, before starting his career: as an intern and law clerk at the Basic Court in Bosanski Novi, then in the administration of the municipality. Since end 1991 he worked as a private lawyer, as of 1996 in a joint attorney office in Novi Grad. He worked as a trainer for the state's Criminal Defense Section (OKO) and for international organisations such as OSCE and UNDP, in particular as regards criminal law, war crime cases and fundamental rights. He also published scientific articles on criminal law in domestic and foreign journals. Knežević was a member of the commission which drafted amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of the

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...

entity and the Law on free

legal aid Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to co ...

of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Knežević served as president of the executive committee of the bar association of Republika Srpska, and was appointed to the

High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, HJPC BiH (''Visoko sudsko i tužilačko vijeće BiH'', VSTV BiH) is the National councils of the judiciary, national council of the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is t ...

. On 1 July 2011 he was appointed a judge of the

. Since 2013, he has been a member of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe for Bosnia and Herzegovina, taking part in the work of the sub-commissions for judiciary system, fundamental rights and minority rights, of which he has also been deputy chairman. On 31 May 2018, he was elected President of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Knežević announced an early retirement from the court in June 2023. He is fluent in English and Russian. He declared ethnic affiliation as a

Bosnian Serb The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...

External links

Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina - CV

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knežević, Zlatko 1960 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina judges Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Judges of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Belgrade alumni