Publication

This report recounts the origins of the "constituent peoples" case before the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the scope of the Court’s decision before the background of the Dayton Peace Accords (DPA). The paper describes the unprecedented debate on fundamental aspects of the DPA and analyzes the Sarajevo Agreement, the amendments enacted and the draft amendments awaiting debate in the Federation parliament. Finally, the paper reviews changes not specifically regulated by the Sarajevo Agreement, but mandated by the decision of the Constitutional Court.