The Banjaluka District Court (“BDC”) in Bosnia and Herzegovina found that a former minister’s defamation lawsuit against media company RTVBN d.o.o. in respect of an article published on www.rtvbn.com, was unsubstantiated. The website’s editor, A.K., entered into an agreement with the defendant to advertise the defendant’s TV and radio program on the website. The defendant argued that he could not be held liable under the Defamation Act of Republika Srpska (“DARS”) for content on another’s website over which he had limited control. The court rejected this argument on the basis that the agreement provided not only for the rights, but also for the obligations of the defendant to monitor content published on the website. However the court rejected the plaintiff’s claim on the basis that the article had not been defamatory. The plaintiff lodged an appellation (constitutional complaint) with the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (“CCBH”) in the context of his right to a private life under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) but the Court denied the appellation and confirmed that the defendant had had the right to publish the article.