On 26 February 2025 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina delivered a Trial Judgment in the criminal case of Milorad Dodik et al., acquitting the accused Miloš Lukić of the charges that he committed the criminal offense of Failure to Implement Decisions of the High Representative under Article 203.a(1) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as read with Article 54 of the Code, whereas in relation to the accused Milorad Dodik the Court delivered a judgment of conviction, finding him guilty of the criminal offense of Failure to Implement Decisions of the High Representative under Article 203.a(1) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Court sentenced the accused Milorad Dodik to one (1) year of imprisonment, and imposed on him a security measure of ban on holding the office of President of Republika Srpska over a period of six (6) years, running from the day when the Judgment becomes final.

Regarding the Motion filed by the BiH Prosecutor's Office, which, according to the Indictment, was related to determining the legal consequences of a conviction under Article 203.a(5), Subparagraphs a), c) and d) of the CC BiH, in the operative part of the Judgment the Court did not issue a separate ruling since the legal consequences of a conviction enter into force by default, under the force of law, after the Judgment becomes final.

In the confirmed Indictment, the BiH Prosecutor's Office charged the accused Milorad Dodik and Miloš Lukić that, in their capacity as official persons in the institutions of Republika Srpska, they failed to apply and implement decisions of the High Representative for BiH.

According to the Indictment, between 1 July 2023 and 9 July 2023, in Banja Luka, Milorad Dodik and Miloš Lukić, in their capacity as official persons in the institutions of Republika Srpska, fully aware and knowing that the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, has issued a Decision Preventing the Entry into Force of the Law on Non-Application of the Decisions of the Constitutional Court of BiH of 1 July 2023, as well as a Decision Preventing the Entry into Force of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Publication of Laws and Other Regulations of the RS, took acts with the aim of continuing the legislative process, thus not applying and not implementing the High Representative’s Decisions.