FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Cover Image

Temeljna ljudska i građanska prava u Ustavu Bosne i Hercegovine
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Rizvan Halilović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, EU-Legislation
Published by: Naučnoistraživački institut »Ibn Sina«
Keywords: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina; civil rights; human rights and freedoms; transition; democracy; Euro-Atlantic integration; European Union; NATO; the constitutional changes;

Summary/Abstract: In this article we want to discuss and demonstrate significant values of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina with built-in mechanisms for the preservation and protection of a multicultural society, human and civil rights and freedoms in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Basic documents to highlight the values such as human and civil rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution in Bosnia and Herzegovina, are in fact the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina with all international conventions and declarations which are an integral part of the Constitution and above all laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For twenty years, the current desire of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been to approximate to the European legal legacy in order to qualify to become a full member of the EU and NATO. Numerous attempts executed by the ruling parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina mostly ended in failure, and were subject to very frequent excuses of blaming the Dayton Peace Agreement and the Dayton Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We want to show that the reforms and the approximation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union is possible without changes to the Dayton Peace Agreement, but with consistent application of the Constitution and of all adopted laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2016
  • Issue No: 70/71
  • Page Range: 172-189
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bosnian