Bosnia and Herzegovina declared sovereignty in October 1991 and independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring Serbia and Montenegro - responded with armed resistance aimed at partitioning the republic along ethnic lines and joining Serb-held areas to form a "Greater Serbia." In March 1994, Bosniaks and Croats reduced the number of warring factions from three to two by signing an agreement creating a joint Bosniak-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties initialed a peace agreement that ended three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995).
The Dayton Peace Accords retained Bosnia and Herzegovina's international boundaries and created a multiethnic and democratic government charged with conducting foreign, diplomatic, and fiscal policy. Also recognized was a second tier of government composed of two entities roughly equal in size: the predominantly Bosniak-Bosnian Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the predominantly Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (RS). The Federation and RS governments are responsible for overseeing most government functions. Additionally, the Dayton Accords established the Office of the High Representative to oversee the implementation of the civilian aspects of the agreement. The Peace Implementation Council at its conference in Bonn in 1997 also gave the High Representative the authority to impose legislation and remove officials, the so-called "Bonn Powers." An original NATO-led international peacekeeping force (IFOR) of 60,000 troops assembled in 1995 was succeeded over time by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR). In 2004, European Union peacekeeping troops (EUFOR) replaced SFOR. Currently, EUFOR deploys around 600 troops in theater in a security assistance and training capacity.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a parliamentary republic.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 36 - 40 of 46Law on local communities of the Brcko District.
This Law regulates the establishment, internal organization, activities and primary objectives, financing, administration rules and physical registration of local communities in the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina.The provisions of this Law are aimed to correctly deregulate the status and functioning of the local community management, including its related activities and interest sectors.The Law is divided into 8 Chapters and 31 articles, including offences and related penalties.
Law amending the Law on and register and land rights.
This Law amends some provisions part of the Law on and register and land rights (Official Gazette of the Brcko District 11/2001 and 1/2003).Changes are related to the administrative rules and requirements, registration provisions and standards, and some official denominations of the existing registers and documents.
Amends: Law on register and land rights. (2001-07-11)
Law amending the Law on and register and land rights.
This Law amends some provisions prescribed by the Law on and register and land rights (Official Gazette of the Brcko District 11/2001, 1/2003, 14/2003 and 19/2007).Changes are related to the administrative denominations and official name of the competent administrative figure that is in charge of the management and maintenance of the National Land Register.
Amends: Law on register and land rights. (2001-07-11)
Law amending the Law on and register and land rights.
This Law amends some provisions part of the Law on and register and land rights (Official Gazette of the Brcko District 11/2001).Changes are all part of the administrative rules and requirements for land and/or property evaluation and classification.
Amends: Law on register and land rights. (2001-07-11)
Law on denominations of the populated areas of the Brcko District.
This Law provides all necessary data and information aimed to correctly define the official names, denominations, names of settlements and other issues related to populated areas of the Brcko District (autonomous self-government part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).Any settlement, as part of the settlement forming a separate entity, must have its established name, as provided by this Law.