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Ujedinjene nacije i globalni izazovi kriminala TEMIDA Jun 2012, str. 45-48 ISSN: 1450-6637 DOI: 10.2298/TEM1202045P Pregledni rad Du?an Coti? – Friend, mentor, scholar, and the man of action Michael PlatZer Brad PoPovi?* T his paper describes the contribution of professor Du?an Coti? to the reconciliation process in Bosnia and Hercegovina. He participated in the project which intended to re-establish inter-ethnic dialogue and to harmonize laws and regulations in this country. The results were quite impressive for those turbulent post-conflict times. Among other things a new manual for correctional officers and law reform proposals were made, seminars were organized and also for the first time since the beginning of the hostilities judges from both entities were brought together. Keywords: Du?an Coti?, Bosnia and Herzegovina, contribution. Introduction At the risk of repeating what others may have written about Professor Coti? in this volume, he is the grandfather figure we would all wish to have - kind, wise, with a light guiding hand, always with a gentle smile on his face, curious and tolerant. Another way to describe him is the “last cosmopolitan Yugoslav.” He was born in Slovenia but married to a Serbian woman, lives in Belgrade and remains respected in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia. His * Dr Michael Platzer was a UN Official in various capacities for 34 years, including the Chief of the Operations Branch, UN Centre for International Crime Prevention and established several peacebuilding projects in the former Yugoslavia. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University and an LL.D. from Comell University. E-mail: michaelkplatzer@ Brad Popovi? is a Canadian lawyer and served as a project manager in the UNDP project ?Strengthening the administration of justice in Republika Srpska and in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina“. He is also a Can