Milan Blagojevic

Milan Blagojević (born 12 May 1965) in Gračanica is a Serbian jurist, full-time Professor of Constitutional Law and the former judge of the District Court of Banja Luka.

During 2023 year he was legal advisor of Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Blagojević gained his bachelor's degree in law from the Faculty of Law, university of Sarajevo in 1991, and passed the bar exam in 1994.

Blagojević was chairman of the Municipal Election Commission of the Municipality of Petrovo 1996–2000, and was head of the department for General Administration of the Municipality of Petrovo in 2004 and 2005.

He earned his master's degree in Law Science from the Faculty of Law, University of Banja Luka in 2000 and his PhD degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade in 2002.

He is fluent in English and understands Russian.

His judicial career included positions of President of the Magistrates’ Court in Petrovo, Ozren, judge of the Military Court in Bijeljina, judge of the Basic Court in Doboj (criminal cases) and judge of the Municipal Court in Travnik (civil cases).

He has served as judge of the District Court in Banja Luka.

In June 2001 he attended educational seminar for judges and prosecutors from Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning the European Convention on Human Rights and its implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, organized by the Council of Europe.

In May and June 2002, in Prague, Czech Republic, he completed training for judges called “Judging in a Democratic Society” organized by CEELI Institute and the American Bar Association.

From 2002 to 2003, he completed the international one-year distance training course for judges called“Towards a Model for a European Judge”, jointly organized by the University of Bologna and Italian Centro per l’Europa centro-orientale e Balcanica.

In 2003 and 2004 he completed summer seminar of the Legal Reform Program, which is initiative of the Johns Hopkins Center of the University of Bologna, the Faculty of Law of the University of Bologna and the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade.

In 2007 and 2008, he worked as assistant director of the Center for Education of Judges and Prosecutors of the Republic of Srpska, and the head of the Legal Affairs Department of The Republic of Srpska Railways.

Milan Blagojević is co-author (with academician Miodrag N. Simović) of two editions of the university textbook Međunarodno krivično pravo (2007 and 2013).

The 2007 edition is the first local university textbook on International Criminal Law written in the Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He is also a co-author (with Dr Tihomir Gligorić) of the book

He is a co-author of the following books (with publicist Haso Tajić):

In 2010 and 2011, he worked as a legal advisor to the Director of the Republic Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs of the Republic of Srpska.

From July 1, 2012, until July 26, 2021, he served as a judge of the District Court in Banja Luka..

As judge, he took part in several educational programs, some of them international.

He is co-author of six scholarly compendiums, including on "Crimes against humanity - normatively and in reality", issued in 2015 by the Faculty of law on University in Banja Luka; as well as "(Re)construction of social reality", issued in 2018 by Faculty of political sciences of the university in Banja Luka; and collection of scholarly essays "Introduction to Sharia Law", issued in 2020 by the Institute of Comparative Law in Belgrade.

In addition to a large number of articles, he authored the following books:

He was a Senator of the Republic of Srpska from January to May 2017.

Blagojević is a full-time professor of constitutional law, criminal law, and criminal procedural law.

He has taught at numerous higher education institutions of the Republic of Srpska.

He is the author or co-author of 33 books from the field of law (author of 25 books and co-author of 8), and has written more than 70 scholarly and expert papers from the field of law which have been published in scholarly and professional journals in Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Doboj, Belgrade, Nis and Kotor.

He is co-author of the first locally produced university textbook on International Criminal Law, published in two editions.

The monographs he authored include three practicums for court proceedings: Practicum in Criminal Procedural Law (two editions), Practicum in Civil Proceedings, and Practicum in Administrative Litigation, and he was also a co-author for two practicums: Litigation in Practice and Administrative Litigation in Practice.

He took part in several scholarly conferences domestically and abroad.

Eight of his legal monographs have been translated into the English language.