Helsinki Commission: Dayton ended the war but its constitutional design constrains Bosnia’s future At a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe hearing marking the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Accords, experts said Dayton secured peace but enshrined ethnic divisions, leaving Bosnia mired in corruption, political paralysis and vulnerable to outside influence; witnesses urged EU-led reform and targeted U.S. support.

The 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords reveals a paradox: while it ended the war, its legacy of ethnic divisions now threatens Bosnia's democratic future.

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Experts to Helsinki Commission: Dayton ended the war but its constitution constrains Bosnia Witnesses told the U.S. Helsinki Commission that the Dayton Peace Accords stopped the fighting 30 years ago but created a constitutional structure that entrenches ethnic divisions; experts urged a Europe-led approach backed by U.S. diplomacy, development tools and targeted enforcement mechanisms like the Brčko arbitration.

The Dayton Peace Accords may have ended the bloodshed 30 years ago, but their legacy is a complex constitutional framework that perpetuates ethnic divisions and hinders progress.

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