International Journal of Communications Law & Policy

IS DAYTON FALLING?
Reforming Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina
By Laurent Pech

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Abstract

After the fourth anniversary on 21 November 1999 of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, this article hopes to present a brief analysis of the media regulatory system in BH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the future of the International Community intervention into this field. It has been written that "the few successes of Dayton - the Central Bank, a common currency, common license plates, state symbols and customs reforms - are superficial and were imposed by the international community. Indeed, the only unqualified success has been the four-year absence of armed conflict". An examination of the media situation in BH, indicates how difficult it is to shape a modern pluralistic media system preventing anti-Dayton forces to win the battle to shape post-war Bosnia.