{"id":"BIH-035","notes":"TRIGGER EVENT for BIH-023 (foreign agents law adoption). The one-day sequence (conviction Feb 26 → law Feb 27) is analytically the clearest documented case of retaliatory legislative activation in the database. Dodik himself confirmed retaliatory framing — civil society labeled as \"foreign-funded constitutional threat.\" Analytically this is a Phase 1 authorization signal triggering the Phase 4 institutional action the next day — compressed timeline compared to Serbian campaigns. Cross-ref BIH-023 (law adoption Feb 25/27), BIH-025 (Capital.ba raid same day).","country":"Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"CIVICUS Monitor July 2025 (confirms conviction → law sequence); Court of BiH judgment February 26 2025; BCSDN February 28 2025 statement"}],"summary":"Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina convicts Milorad Dodik on February 26, 2025 for defying rulings of OHR/High Representative Christian Schmidt. Sentence: one year in prison; six-year ban on holding public office. Conviction relates to Dodik's repeated attempts to withdraw RS from BiH national institutions — armed forces, judiciary, tax system. IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE: RS National Assembly adopts foreign agents law under urgent procedure on February 27 — one day after conviction. CIVICUS: \"The law was adopted immediately after the conviction of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik — apparently in retaliation.\" Officials justified urgency: rejection would cause \"collapse of constitutional order orchestrated by foreign-funded organizations.\" ANALYTICALLY: conviction → law adoption is the trigger sequence that closes the BIH-CAMP-004 arc. The conviction gives Dodik domestic political cover to activate the foreign agents law as retaliatory measure — framing civil society as part of the external conspiracy against RS. This is the equivalent of an external trigger (TR-03) activating a dormant campaign infrastructure (BIH-029, BIH-015, BIH-033).","tactics":[{"code":"TC-17","role":"primary","label":"Narrative-to-Institutional Operationalization","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Official/Regulatory"],"entities":[{"id":749,"name":"Court of BiH (conviction); Milorad Dodik; RS National Assembly","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government Official"},{"id":750,"name":"Rule of law; OHR authority; BiH state institutions","role":"target","entity_type":"Sector"}],"date_text":"26/02/2025","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":1,"harm_track":"Both","narratives":[{"code":"NF-01","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false},{"code":"NF-06","role":"secondary","label":"Destabilization Agent","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":["SIG-BIH-035"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2025-02-26","campaign_ids":["BIH-CAMP-004"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-03: Foreign Policy Event","campaign_phase":"Phase 1: Authorization","civic_response":"MFRR/SafeJournalists/BCSDN condemn law adoption; CoE Commissioner calls for repeal; OHCHR/three UN Special Rapporteurs condemn","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Legal/Administrative; Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Dodik convicted — one year prison, six-year office ban; foreign agents law adopted next day as retaliation; RS escalates confrontation with BiH state institutions"}