Zdravko Grebo

Zdravko Grebo
Grebo in 2017
Born(1947-07-30)30 July 1947
Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died29 January 2019(2019-01-29) (aged 71)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Jurisprudence, law professor

Zdravko Grebo (30 July 1947 – 29 January 2019) was a Bosnian jurist, author and law professor at the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Law.

Early life and education

Grebo was born on 30 July 1947 in Mostar. He graduated from the Sarajevo Law School in 1970 and attended postgraduate courses at the Department of Legal Theory of the Belgrade Law School where in 1976 he earned his doctorate.[1] He published and edited books "Kelsen and Marx," "Foundations of the Legal System of SFR Yugoslavia," and "The Philosophy of Law."[2]

Career

From 1972, Grebo lectured at the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo, becoming a professor in January 1991. He is an author of four books and 150 articles. In 1993, he received an award from the European Rectors Club "For peace, and against racism and xenophobia", and in 1994 he was honored with the Four Freedoms Award for his work in the field of "freedom from fear".[3] Since 2011, Grebo was a public advocate for the Initiative for RECOM.[1][4] In 2017, he signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[5]

Grebo was the founder of the Helsinki Parliament of Citizens (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and of the Open Society Foundation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was also director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies of the University of Sarajevo. He also served as the chief of the Department of the State and International Public Law.[1]

Bibliography

  • Foundations of the Legal System of SFR Yugoslavia (1972), Belgrade
  • Kelsen and Marx (1979), Sarajevo
  • The Philosophy of Law (1984), New Orleans
  • Contemporary American Legal Theory (1989), Sarajevo
  • The new Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993), "Theoris iuris", Sarajevo
  • Elements of European law (1994), Sarajevo

References

  1. ^ a b c "Preminuo Zdravko Grebo". recom.link. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ Kapic, Suada (2000). The Siege of Sarajevo. Sarajevo: FAMA. p. 706. ISBN 9958-9549-0-7.
  3. ^ "Members of the Board of Directors". CDRSEE. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Inicijativa za REKOM: Apel liderima iz regiona da popišu žrtve ratova". slobodnaevropa.org. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  5. ^ Derk, Denis (28 March 2017). "Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca" [A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear]. Večernji list (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0350-5006. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.