IN MEMORIAM - PROF. DR. ĆAZIM SADIKOVIĆ

In memoriam – prof. dr. Ćazim Sadiković

One of the most prominent BH legal experts, Prof. Dr. Ćazim Sadiković passed away on Sunday, 26 January 2020, at the age of 85.

Ćazim Sadiković was born in Ljubuški in 1935. He finished lyceum in Mostar, and graduated from the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo. He enrolled in postgraduate studies at the European University Center in Nancy, France, where he obtained a master's degree in Law and Political Science from “Contemporary Aspects of Democracy in Europe” under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Denis Levy. He defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, under the mentorship of prof. Dr. Heli Modic.

In 1961 Ćazim Sadiković began his academic career at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo and continued as a teacher at the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo as a professor and Dean. He taught Introduction to Political Science, Introduction to Law, International Law, Human Rights and Political Systems. He performed several important social duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Europe.

He is the recipient of: the Charter of the Council of Bosniak Intellectuals Congress, December 2019; the Crystal Seal upon the Venice Commission’s 20th Anniversary in 2011, the Bronze Plaque in 2008 for exceptional merit (Pro Merito) for the work in the Democracy through Law Commission - the Venice Commission; his 1998 book, Human Rights Without Protection,  was declared by the International Committee of Robert Donia (Michigan), Francis J. Jones (Newcastle), Thomas Cushman (Welleslay), Ivo Banac (New Haven), Ivan Lovrenović, Rusmir Mahmutćehajić and Žarko Papić “Book of the Year”; City of Sarajevo’s Silver Plaque for Merit in the Advancement of Governance of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Capital (1987); University of Sarajevo Plaques with the Charter for Extraordinary Merits in the University of Sarajevo Program Work (1986).

Sadiković was a commissioner in the Constitutional Affairs Commission (1974); member of the Editorial Commission for the drafting the SFRY Constitution in Brioni, and subsequently the Constitution of the SRBiH (1971), Chairman of the Legal Council of the SRBiH Assembly; Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He authored eleven books and hundreds of scientific and vocational papers in the field of legal and political sciences. He has been a member of the Council of Congress of Bosniak Intellectuals since its inception, an inevitable clue he made in the work of the Council on Normal Legal and Political Affairs.

Commemoration will be held at the University of Sarajevo Rectorate on Wednesday, 29 January 2020 at 11:00.

The Salat al-Janazah will be performed in the Gazi Husrev-Bey Mosque’s courtyard on Wednesday, 29 January 2020, at 12:30 after the Salat al-Zuhr. The burial will take place in the Bare City Cemetery at 13:30. The funeral prayer will be lead the same day at 13:00 in the Nova Breka Mosque.