Bosnia & Herzegovina
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 14, 1995 (based on the Dayton agreements); amended several times, last in 2009
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; the Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts; has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the ICJ
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- Bicameral Parliamentary Assembly (Skupstina) composed of the House of Representatives (Predstavnicki Dom) and the House of Peoples (Dom Naroda)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) (composed of 9 members); Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (composed of 44 national judges and 7 international judges organized into 3 sections: administrative, appellate, and criminal, which includes a Chamber for war crimes); the Federation has 10 cantonal courts plus some municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has a supreme court, 5 district courts, and a number of municipal courts
RELIGIONS
Muslim 50.7%, Orthodox 30.7%, Roman Catholic 15.2%, Atheist 0.8%, Agnostic 0.3%, Other 1.2%, Not declared/No response 1.1% (estimate 2013)
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2010Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2009Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2008Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina voted in favour of the...
Bosnia and Herzegovina voted in favour of the...
- JANUARY 1, 2007Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
- JANUARY 1, 2006Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
- APRIL 20, 2005Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Bosnia Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
- JUNE 16, 2004Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Forensic experts found the remains of 16 people believed...
Forensic experts found the remains of 16 people believed to be victims of the Srebrenica massacre in a mass grave identified by a Bosnian Serb commission
- MAY 8, 2004Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Forensic experts uncovered a new mass grave in eastern...
Forensic experts uncovered a new mass grave in eastern Bosnia suspected to contain over 70 bodies of Muslim civilians including many women and children
- APRIL 21, 2004Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia-Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution...
Bosnia-Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The remains of more than 320 people were exhumed from...
The remains of more than 320 people were exhumed from a mass grave in eastern Bosnia which is considered to be the largest from the country's 1992-95 war