Constitutional Reform – 1997

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According to the OHR, “amendments XXV and XXVI to the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were passed according to the procedure in Chapter VIII, finalized on 8 May 1997. They were also published in Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 13/1997”.1

Constitutional Reform – 1996

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The Office of the High Representative (OHR) stated in its report to the U.N. Secretary General that the process of adopting the constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska to the provisions of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina had now almost been completed. According to the report, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe studied the constitutional amendments made by the entities and recommended further steps that were necessary.2

According to the OHR, “Amendments II to XXIV to the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were passed by the Constitutional Assembly of the Federation of BiH (sic), at its 14th session held on 5 June 1996. They were published in Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 13/1997”.3This satisfied the constitutional change requirement of the Dayton Accord.