External Review of the Contribution to Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Phase 3

• Research unit: FDFA
• Project number: ExSt.2016.654

Key words (German)

Bosnia and Herzegovina; constitutional reform; constitution; elections; context

Key words (English)

Bosnia and Herzegovina; constitutional reform; constitution; elections; context

Key words (French)

Bosnia and Herzegovina; constitutional reform; constitution; elections; context

Key words (Italian)

Bosnia and Herzegovina; constitutional reform; constitution; elections; context

Short description (German)

The context is well analysed and described in the first chapters of the Terms of references for this external review as well as in the internal reviewer’s paper (p3-5). I do not want to repeat them here. It has to be stressed however, that as a consequence of the incapacity of the BiH-authorities to implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Sejdic&Finci v. BiH of 22 December 2009 in a constitutional reform, the elections of the 3 October 2010 were organised in a way that did not prevent several articles of the European Convention of Human Rights to be violated(Art.14, Art.3 of Protocol 1 and Art.1 of Protocol Nr.12). This undermines the legitimacy of the political composition of the institutions which results out of this elections what might have a negative impact for the ability of these institutions to find the constitutional compromises this country so urgently needs.

Related documents

• External Review of the Contribution to Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Phase 3 (PDF) [PDF] 375 kB

Short description (English)

The context is well analysed and described in the first chapters of the Terms of references for this external review as well as in the internal reviewer’s paper (p3-5). I do not want to repeat them here. It has to be stressed however, that as a consequence of the incapacity of the BiH-authorities to implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Sejdic&Finci v. BiH of 22 December 2009 in a constitutional reform, the elections of the 3 October 2010 were organised in a way that did not prevent several articles of the European Convention of Human Rights to be violated(Art.14, Art.3 of Protocol 1 and Art.1 of Protocol Nr.12). This undermines the legitimacy of the political composition of the institutions which results out of this elections what might have a negative impact for the ability of these institutions to find the constitutional compromises this country so urgently needs.

Related documents

• External Review of the Contribution to Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Phase 3 (PDF) [PDF] 375 kB

Short description (French)

The context is well analysed and described in the first chapters of the Terms of references for this external review as well as in the internal reviewer’s paper (p3-5). I do not want to repeat them here. It has to be stressed however, that as a consequence of the incapacity of the BiH-authorities to implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Sejdic&Finci v. BiH of 22 December 2009 in a constitutional reform, the elections of the 3 October 2010 were organised in a way that did not prevent several articles of the European Convention of Human Rights to be violated(Art.14, Art.3 of Protocol 1 and Art.1 of Protocol Nr.12). This undermines the legitimacy of the political composition of the institutions which results out of this elections what might have a negative impact for the ability of these institutions to find the constitutional compromises this country so urgently needs.

Related documents

• External Review of the Contribution to Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Phase 3 (PDF) [PDF] 375 kB

Short description (Italian)

The context is well analysed and described in the first chapters of the Terms of references for this external review as well as in the internal reviewer’s paper (p3-5). I do not want to repeat them here. It has to be stressed however, that as a consequence of the incapacity of the BiH-authorities to implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Sejdic&Finci v. BiH of 22 December 2009 in a constitutional reform, the elections of the 3 October 2010 were organised in a way that did not prevent several articles of the European Convention of Human Rights to be violated(Art.14, Art.3 of Protocol 1 and Art.1 of Protocol Nr.12). This undermines the legitimacy of the political composition of the institutions which results out of this elections what might have a negative impact for the ability of these institutions to find the constitutional compromises this country so urgently needs.

Related documents

• External Review of the Contribution to Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Phase 3 (PDF) [PDF] 375 kB

Contractor (English)

Andreas Gross

Charged budget (English)

SDC

Legal basis (English)

Art. 57 Abs. 1 RVOG Art. 57 al. 1 LOGA Art. 57 cpv. 1 LOGA

Copyright (English)

Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities

Information (English)

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