Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the supreme legal framework established by the Dayton Peace Agreement that defines the country’s complex power-sharing political system and institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding legal document ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedAsPartOf Dayton Peace Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Dayton Agreement
aimsTo implement peace settlement after Bosnian War ⓘ
allocatesPresidencySeatsTo Bosniaks ⓘ
Croats ⓘ
Serbs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Annex 4 to the Dayton Peace Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Dayton Agreement
amendmentProcedure requires decision of Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
requires entity voting majorities ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple power‑sharing among ethnic groups ⓘ
protection of vital national interests of constituent peoples ⓘ
country Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
createsEntity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Republika Srpska ⓘ
dateEnteredIntoForce 14 December 1995 ⓘ
dateSigned 21 November 1995 ⓘ
definesCollectivePresidency three‑member Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
definesConstituentPeoples Bosniaks ⓘ
Croats ⓘ
Serbs ⓘ
definesPoliticalSystem consociational power‑sharing system ⓘ
ethnically based power‑sharing system ⓘ
definesState Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
definesStateStructure decentralized state ⓘ
state with two entities ⓘ
establishesExecutiveBranch Council of Ministers ⓘ
establishesInstitution Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Parliamentary Assembly House of Peoples ⓘ
Parliamentary Assembly House of Representatives ⓘ
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
establishesJudicialBranch Constitutional Court ⓘ
establishesLegislativeBranch bicameral Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
givesEuropeanConventionStatus directly applicable law ⓘ
priority over all other law ⓘ
guaranteesRightsTo Others ⓘ
all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
constituent peoples ⓘ
incorporatesInstrument European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
language Bosnian ⓘ
Croatian ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
partOf General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Dayton Agreement
recognizesAdministrativeUnit Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
requiresEntityConstitutionsToBe consistent with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
script Cyrillic ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
signedAt Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
signedInCity Dayton ⓘ
signedInCountry United States ⓘ
subjectTo interpretation by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ

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Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina → createdBy → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina → establishedBy → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Annex 4 of the Dayton Agreement) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina → constitutionalBasis → Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina → legalBasis → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina → establishedBy → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina → subjectTo → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Dayton Agreement → component → Annex 4 – Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina → hasConstitution → Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly → subordinateTo → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Cantonal Court in Sarajevo → governedBy → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina → legalBasis → Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina → basedOn → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Government of Sarajevo Canton → legalBasis → Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina → establishedBy → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
PSBiH → establishedBy → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
PSBiH → constitutionalBasisArticle → Article IV of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina → legalBasis → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
subject linked to: CC BiH
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina → establishedBy → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
subject linked to: CC BiH
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina → interprets → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
subject linked to: CC BiH
Sud Bosne i Hercegovine → subjectTo → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Brčko Arbitration Tribunal → relatedAgreement → Annex 4 of the Dayton Peace Agreement (Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
GFAP → definesConstitution → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Annex 10 – Civilian Implementation Framework → relatedTo → Annex 4 – Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Law on Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina → relatedTo → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Supreme Court of Republika Srpska → subordinateTo → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ