Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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constitutional court court judicial body

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the country’s highest judicial authority for constitutional matters, responsible for interpreting the constitution and resolving disputes between state institutions and levels of government.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina canonical	1
Constitutional Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
Ustavni sud Bosne i Hercegovine	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
abbreviation	CC BiH ⓘ
alphabetUsed	Cyrillic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ
bindingForce	its decisions are final and binding ⓘ
branch	judicial branch ⓘ
canReceive	constitutional appeals from individuals ⓘ requests from certain political bodies and institutions ⓘ requests from courts regarding constitutionality of laws ⓘ
compositionDetail	four judges selected by the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ three judges selected by the President of the European Court of Human Rights after consultation with the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ two judges selected by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska ⓘ
country	Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
decisionsConcern	constitutionality of laws and regulations at all levels of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
establishedAsPartOf	Dayton Agreement ⓘ surface form: Dayton Peace Agreement
establishedBy	Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
function	constitutional review of laws and other regulations ⓘ decides on appeals on constitutional grounds ⓘ decides on constitutional disputes between entities and state institutions ⓘ protection of vital national interests in certain procedures ⓘ reviews compatibility of laws with the European Convention on Human Rights as applied in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Brčko District in constitutional matters ⓘ entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	9 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.ccbh.ba/ ⓘ
independence	independent from legislative and executive authorities ⓘ
jurisdiction	Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Bosnian ⓘ Croatian ⓘ Serbian ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system ⓘ
level	state-level court ⓘ
locatedIn	Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Sarajevo ⓘ
nativeName	Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ustavni sud Bosne i Hercegovine
nativeNameLanguage	Bosnian ⓘ Croatian ⓘ Serbian ⓘ
role	highest judicial authority for constitutional matters in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ interprets the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ resolves disputes between different levels of government ⓘ resolves disputes between state institutions ⓘ
seat	Sarajevo ⓘ
typeOfCourt	apex court for constitutional issues ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bosnia and Herzegovina → judicialBody → Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ

Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina → nativeName → Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ustavni sud Bosne i Hercegovine

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina → highestCourt → Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina