Bosnian Serb leader, Milorad Dodik, has supported a law that rejects the authority of the international High Representative, Christian Schmidt, in Republika Srpska. The High Representative, appointed to ensure compliance with the 1995 Dayton Accords, has the power to annul or impose laws and dismiss elected representatives. Dodik's move challenges Schmidt's authority and risks increasing tensions in the ethnically divided country. Dodik has been targeted by American and British sanctions for separatist threats. The Bosnian Serbs' main ally, Russia, proposed a resolution to close the Office of the High Representative in 2022, which was rejected by Western diplomats.

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