Seada Palavrić

Seada Palavrić is a current Judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

She was born in Tuzla on 10 November 1954. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo in 1984 and passed the bar exam in 1995. Upon completion of her studies, she began working as a legal consultant in the company “Termoelektrana” Tuzla and afterwards as a senior legal consultant for representation and property affairs. In the period from 1993 to 2002 she was appointed District Labour Inspector and a Secretary of Tuzla District Assembly. She held the position of Secretary of Tuzla-Podrinje Canton Assembly and Cantonal Attorney of Tuzla-Podrinje. She also held the position of Assistant to the Minister of Justice of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and FB&H Government’s Liaison Officer to the Human Rights Commission for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ombudsman for B&H. From 1996 to 2002 she was a representative in the House of Representatives of the FB&H Parliament and from 2002 to 2005 she was a representative in the House of Representatives of the B&H Parliament. On 6 December 2005 she was appointed Judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

She participated in a number of round tables, conferences, seminars, study trips, public hearings dealing with the topic of protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, organized by local and international non-governmental organizations and governmental bodies, OSCE, European Parliament. She was a member of the FB&H expert team involved in Dobrinja Arbitration in accordance with the Decision of the High Representative for B&H and a member of the High Representative’s Commission for Amendments to the Constitution of FB&H, established after the adoption of B&H Constitutional Court’s Decision on Constituent Peoples. She published numerous professional articles in "Pravni savjetnik", issued by the Civil Society Promotion Centre.

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* [http://www.ccbh.ba/bos/ Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina]