Право регулисања односа државе и цркве у Босни и Херцеговини и начело лаицитета
Legal Regulation of Relationship Between Church and State and the Principle of State Secularism

Summary/Abstract: The author of this paper discusses the regulation of relationship between church and state in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In doing so, he stresses out that this relationship is determined by the commitment to the model of co- operative separation. Its most significant feature is complete institutional autonomy from religious influences. The church may play a significant role in society but exerts no influence over the institutions. This is evident from the judicial decisions cited in the paper witnessing institutional autonomy from the authority of religious norms. In this way, the author believes, the first criterion for the secular state which refers to non-supremacy of religion over the state and its institutions has been met. As for the other two criteria namely, freedom of conscience and prohibition of discrimination, it is argued that they too are guaranteed by the B&H legislation.

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