- summary
- RS Ministry of Justice publishes revised and strengthened version of foreign agent law draft on April 3, 2024. New draft contains further negative changes relative to September 2023 first reading — harsher sanctions, expanded scope. Published same day (April 3) as Georgian Parliament reintroduces its own foreign influence law — documented regional coordination of foreign agent legislative push across South Caucasus, Western Balkans, and Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan signs similar law April 2). Human Rights House Foundation: "Using Russia's authoritarian playbook against civil society has become a wider regional trend, simultaneously unfolding in the South Caucasus, Western Balkans and Central Asia." Draft submitted to National Assembly March 28 2024 (just before legal deadline). ECNL analysis: draft violates BiH human rights commitments, stigmatizes civil society, duplicates existing regulations, contradicts EU standards and BiH accession aspirations. No minimum threshold on foreign funding — even smallest donation requires registration as "agent of foreign influence."
- country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)
- date text
- 03/04/2024
- entities
- RS Ministry of Justice; Milorad Dodik; Miloš Bukejlović (Deputy PM/Justice Minister)
- entity type
- Government Official
- id
- 747
- name
- RS Ministry of Justice; Milorad Dodik; Miloš Bukejlović (Deputy PM/Justice Minister)
- role
- actor
- Civil society sector; NGOs receiving foreign funding
- entity type
- Sector
- id
- 748
- name
- Civil society sector; NGOs receiving foreign funding
- role
- target
- RS Ministry of Justice; Milorad Dodik; Miloš Bukejlović (Deputy PM/Justice Minister)
- sources
- citation
- ECNL April 11 2024 analysis (https://ecnl.org/publications/republika-srpska-analysis-foreign-agent-law); Human Rights House Foundation April 9 2024; RFE/RL May 29 2024 (context)
- tactics
- Legislative Operationalization
- label
- Legislative Operationalization
- code
- TC-18
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Foreign Agent Legislation
- label
- Foreign Agent Legislation
- code
- TC-23
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Legislative Operationalization
- narratives
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- code
- NF-01
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Political Interference
- label
- Political Interference
- code
- NF-09
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- campaign ids
- campaign phase
- Phase 2: Media Execution
- channels
- Official/Regulatory
- civic response
- ECNL analysis April 11 2024; Human Rights House Foundation joint statement April 9 2024; OSCE warns bill contradicts RS and BiH constitutions | Outcome (see Civic Responses BIH-034): RS Government withdrew the law from the Assembly agenda on 28 May 2024 under international pressure; Dodik announced its reintroduction the same day.
- consequence category
- Legal/Administrative
- created at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- date precision
- day
- escalation
- 2
- harm track
- Track 1 — Legal/Administrative
- id
- BIH-033
- institutional consequence
- Strengthened draft submitted — expanded sanctions and scope; regional coordination with Georgia/Kyrgyzstan documented
- notes
- CROSS-REGIONAL COORDINATION SIGNAL: April 3 2024 — RS publishes revised draft same day Georgia reintroduces its law. April 2 2024 — Kyrgyzstan signs similar law. This is documented simultaneous regional activation of Russian-playbook foreign agent legislation. The regional coordination is analytically important for third-country expansion of Playbook.
- occurred on
- 2024-04-03
- response ids
- signal ids
- trigger type
- TR-01: External Political Event
- updated at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- version
- 1
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