USTAVNO-PRAVNI POLOŽAJ GRADA SARAJEVA U POSTDEJTONSKOM PERIODU SA UKLONOM NA MOGUĆNOST REFORME NADLEŽNOSTI I TERITORIJALNE ORGANIZACIJE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL POSITION OF THE CITY OF SARAJEVO IN THE POST-DAYTON PERIOD WITH REMOVAL ON THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPETENCE REFORM AND TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Author(s): Mirko Pejanović
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Governance, Military history, Political history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; City of Sarajevo; Dayton Peace Agreement; Canton of Sarajevo; Constitution; European Charter on Local Self-Government; reforming jurisdiction and territorial organization;
Summary/Abstract: During the five centuries from the 15th to the end of the 20th century, the City of Sarajevo developed into a historical, social and urban entity. In the second half of the 20th century, the City of Sarajevo, as the capital of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, established and developed its self-governing autonomy in the management of urban, economic and cultural development. The city of Sarajevo reached new heights of urban and economic development during the realization of the project of holding the XIV Winter Olympic Games in 1984. After the announcement of the results of the citizens’ referendum on the sovereign and independent status of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, the city of Sarajevo was exposed to a military siege from 1992 to 1995. The Dayton Peace Agreement established peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the City of Sarajevo was constitutionally designated as the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With the establishment of the Sarajevo Canton in 1996, the property and jurisdiction of the City of Sarajevo was transferred to the Sarajevo Canton. Amendment I to the Constitution of the Canton of Sarajevo established the City of Sarajevo without specific responsibilities and with a reduced territorial organization. Based on the conducted research, published in the study “Sarajevo city and region in time and space-study” (Pejanović et al., 2020), the paper provides a complete elaboration of the constitutional and legal position of the City of Sarajevo, within the basics of the concept of full jurisdiction of the City of Sarajevo and its new territorial organizations.

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