Call for Submissions IUS Faculty of Law Poster and Presentation Competition Topic Law, Democracy and Youth: How the Youth See Law as a Tool for Furthering Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina Description Bosnia and Herzegovina is still a young democracy that continues to face many challenges. Ethnic divisions, shrinking population, reluctance of youth to meaningfully engage in democratic and political processes and underrepresentation of women in many areas of the society are just some of the hurdles that undermine democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Why wait for tomorrow to cope with these burning issues when bright young minds of Bosnia and Herzegovina are full of creativity, curiosity and positive energy! The IUS Faculty of Law Poster and Presentation Competition seeks to encourage the youth to put forward their voices and to propose their vision of how law can be used as a tool to reshape and to remould democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina for it to function for all. The best posters/presentations will be awarded scholarships for studying law at the IUS Faculty of Law. Instructions The Competition will be divided into two parts: 1) Preparation and submission of the poster in English or Bosnian, 2) Presentation to accompany (explain) the poster in English or Bosnian. The poster should showcase your creativity. It can be in the form of a classic high school ‘pano’ i.e. it can be a work of art (e.g. a drawing, a painting accompanied with text, etc.) or it can be generated entirely or partially on a computer. A combination of these approaches is also welcome. How to apply? The poster should be sent either in electronic format to flw@ius.edu.ba (Subject: ‘Poster Competition’) or via post (‘Poster Competition’) to International University of Sarajevo FLW, Hrasnička cesta 15, 71210 Ilidža, Sarajevo) latest by 1st March 2021. If applying via post, please write your email address as well. On 12th March 2021, the presentations will be held. A presentation should last 15 minutes maximum, and will be held online through Microsoft Teams. Further instructions regarding the presentation of posters will be sent to the participants via email. The posters and presentations can be prepared and delivered in English or in Bosnian. Eligibility The competition is open to the 4th year high school students in Bosnia and Herzegovina between the ages of 17 and 20. Benefits Top 10 (ten) posters/presentations will be awarded scholarships for studying law at the IUS Faculty of Law. Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation from the organiser. Best/select posters will be featured in an online exhibition on the IUS Faculty of Law website as well as on IUS and FLW social networks. Important dates: Deadline for submission of posters via e-mail or post: 1st March 2021. Poster presentation date: 12th March 2021.

International University of Sarajevo (IUS) Faculty of Law has the pleasure to announce The First Call for Papers for IUS Law Journal This call for paper is for the first issue of IUS Law Journal, which is a scholarly legal publication of the Faculty of Law at the International University of Sarajevo. It is a robustly blind, open access, double peer-reviewed journal published every June in English. The journal covers a wide range of topics from the areas of private and public law. IUS Law Journal welcomes original and review scientific papers, book reviews, conference reports and reports from judicial practice that have not been published and/or are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The call is open until February 28, 2021. Submissions should be made online via the link: http://iuslawjournal.ius.edu.ba/index.php/iuslawjournal/login.

IUS Faculty of Law cordially invites you to a public lecture by John Kennedy Mosoti, the United Nations Population Fund / UNFPA Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Country Director for Serbia, Republic of North Macedonia and Director for Kosovo (UNSCR1244). Topic: A future with the benefit of hindsight: Pathways to a prosperous BiH through the Youth About the topic: BiH, just like all countries in the region have a past. This past is also present and all indications are such that the past will affect the future. The present is characterized by several challenges; a lingering of the past that directly or indirectly is impacting the populations and the outlook of the future. Young people are usually referred to as the leaders of tomorrow. Stepping in tomorrow will be a day too late. That leadership is needed now.  The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is working with partners to support the government to empower young people in BiH and the Western Balkans. We have a focus on working with young people supporting the development of inclusive and consensus based policies/legislation in parallel to building capacities of relevant actors in local communities, all through youth lenses. Penning a new narrative that would birth the transformation of the society and a new BiH order has to led by Young people and inclusively bring the rest on board with them.  Date and Time: 27 November 2020 at 11:00 am To access the lecture at the designated time, please click on the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_YzY3YmNmOTgtN2VkZi00Y2NlLTk2MjUtMDBlNDBjMDc0MmI1%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25222f2dcb5d-f3e1-4f33-8584-dcacd25d604d%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%252220dbc250-3c80-4a0c-9636-660dfe561c98%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=064152c4-a32e-4f64-b782-f1c8e4c25de9&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true

IUS Faculty of Law cordially invites you for a public lecture on the following topic: How Institutionalisation of Persons with Mental Disabilities Violates Their Basic Human Rights - Legal Analysis and Practical Insights. The speaker is Steven Allen, a co-director of Budapest-based foundation Validity. The lecture will take place on 30 October at 4 pm. It will be held online through Microsoft Teams. In order to access the lecture, please click on the link below on the date and at the time indicated previously. https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTM5MjE5MzktNDUwNi00NDllLTk1Y2EtMDJlMTAxMzY1ODc5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%222f2dcb5d-f3e1-4f33-8584-dcacd25d604d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2220dbc250-3c80-4a0c-9636-660dfe561c98%22%7d You can learn more about Validity by clicking here. If you wish to watch an Al Jazeera documentary in which the work of Validity was featured, please click here. Looking forward to welcoming you online for the public lecture.