Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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founding legal document national constitution

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Annex 4 – Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Annex 4 of the Dayton Agreement) 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf founding legal document ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedAsPartOf Dayton Peace Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo implement peace settlement after Bosnian War ⓘ
allocatesPresidencySeatsTo Bosniaks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Croats NERFINISHED ⓘ
Serbs NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Annex 4 to the Dayton Peace Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
createsEntity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republika Srpska NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateEnteredIntoForce 14 December 1995 ⓘ
dateSigned 21 November 1995 ⓘ
definesCollectivePresidency three‑member Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
definesConstituentPeoples Bosniaks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Croats NERFINISHED ⓘ
Serbs NERFINISHED ⓘ
definesPoliticalSystem consociational power‑sharing system ⓘ
ethnically based power‑sharing system ⓘ
definesState Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
definesStateStructure decentralized state ⓘ
state with two entities ⓘ
establishesExecutiveBranch Council of Ministers NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishesInstitution Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliamentary Assembly House of Peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliamentary Assembly House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishesJudicialBranch Constitutional Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Bosnian ⓘ
Croatian ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
partOf General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizesAdministrativeUnit Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresEntityConstitutionsToBe consistent with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
script Cyrillic ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
signedAt Dayton, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedInCity Dayton NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedInCountry United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectTo interpretation by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Annex 4 of the Dayton Agreement)
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in 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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina → subjectTo → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Dayton Agreement → component → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Annex 4 – Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina → hasConstitution → Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina