Forthcoming hearing
The Court will be holding a Grand Chamber hearing in the case of Kovačević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina on 20 November 2024.
This case concerns the inability of the applicant, a national of Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to a combination of territorial and ethnic requirements, to vote for the candidates of his choice in legislative and presidential elections at State level. The applicant complained that because of a combination of the territorial and ethnic requirements applicable to the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he had been unable to vote for the candidates of his choice in the latest legislative elections. Similarly, he had been unable to vote for the candidates of his choice in the most recent presidential elections.