Srđan Dizdarević was born on 29 September 1952 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the country was a Yugoslav republic.
He stems from a prominent Bosnian anti-fascist family of Bosniak heritage, whose members are former politicians and diplomats.
He is remembered as "a prominent defender of human rights and freedoms in BiH, a sharp critic of crime and corruption and determined advocate of peace and coexistence.
The same year, a decision of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina appointed him to the working group on the Permanent Election Law.
[2] In 2005 he wrote:[5] The nationalist parties are blocking all evolution of the country, in fear of losing power.
The religious authorities support them, and those that oppose nationalism, the emerging civil society, still don't have enough weight to make themselves be heard.
(...) There is no democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, not even at Constitutional level, since the inhabitants of the country are not considered as citizens, but as members of predetermined ethnic community.Following his engagement for a civic and non-nationalist Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2008 he took part together with director Danis Tanović in the launch of the Naša Stranka party, which nevertheless remained marginal in the following elections.