{"id":"BIH-023","notes":"Legislative culmination of BIH-CAMP-003. BIH-015 documented the earlier proposal (Mar 2023) which was withdrawn; this is the eventual enactment. Four laws adopted simultaneously under urgent procedure. | TRIGGER CONFIRMED: Dodik explicitly names Trump/USAID suspension as the signal to re-introduce the law — \"a signal to RS to pass its law about organizations that have for years used foreign funds to slander Serbs and RS.\" Re-introduced version explicitly announced as more rigorous than 2023 proposal: \"You will get a law that will be rigorous\" — framed as punishment for CSO resistance to previous version. ESCALATION LOGIC: Each withdrawal followed by more restrictive re-introduction. 2015 → withdrawn; 2023 → withdrawn; 2025 → enacted (most restrictive version). Pattern confirmed. | TRIGGER ENRICHED: one-day retaliation sequence — conviction Feb 26 → law Feb 27. Analytically: law is retaliatory not regulatory. Same pattern as Serbian post-protest legislative criminalization.","country":"Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"BCSDN statement, 28 February 2025; balkancsd.net; Gerila.info, February 4 2025; CIVICUS Monitor July 2025 (confirms conviction → law sequence); MFRR/SafeJournalists March 2025; BCSDN February 28 2025 statement"}],"summary":"RS National Assembly adopts Foreign Agents Law under urgent procedure alongside three other laws — legislative culmination of a multi-year campaign. All foreign-funded CSOs automatically labeled 'foreign agents'; law prohibits associations from proposing laws or influencing public opinion. Adoption accompanied by physical attack by RS presidential advisor on journalists present at the session. TRIGGER CONFIRMED: Dodik convicted by Court of BiH on February 26, 2025 for defying OHR/High Representative Christian Schmidt rulings — sentenced to one year in prison, banned from holding public office for six years. Foreign agents law adopted one day later (February 27) under urgent procedure. CIVICUS: \"adopted immediately after the conviction of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for refusing to implement decisions of High Representative — apparently in retaliation against domestic critics.\" Officials justified urgency by claiming rejection would cause \"collapse of the constitutional order orchestrated by media and foreign-funded organizations.\" Same day: police raid Capital.ba offices (BIH-025 — note: date correction needed).","tactics":[{"code":"TC-23","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Agent Legislation","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-18","role":"secondary","label":"Legislative Operationalization","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Parliament"],"entities":[{"id":731,"name":"RS National Assembly","role":"actor","entity_type":"Parliament"},{"id":732,"name":"All foreign-funded CSOs in RS","role":"target","entity_type":"Sector"}],"date_text":"25/02/2025","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":5,"harm_track":"Both","narratives":[{"code":"NF-01","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":["SIG-BIH-023"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2025-02-25","campaign_ids":["BIH-CAMP-004"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":["BIH-024"],"trigger_type":"TR-06: Legislative Milestone","campaign_phase":"Phase 4: Institutional Operationalization","civic_response":"BiH CSOs issue joint statement condemning law as revenge attack on all critical voices; international community raises alarm; BCSDN calls for revocation | Outcome (see Civic Responses BIH-024): Constitutional Court of BiH struck down the law (Decision U-6/25, May 2025); RS Constitutional Court confirmed the annulment in January 2026.","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Legal/Administrative + Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Legislation enacted; Chilling effect"}