Bosnian Constitutional Court: Unconstitutionality of the ‘Day of the Republic’
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Mirha Karahodžić
Abstract
In its decision U 3/13 from 26 November 2015 the Bosnian Constitutional Court found on the request of a Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina that Article 3 (b) of the Law on Holidays of the Republika Srpska concerning the 9 January as ‘Day of the Republic’ is not in conformity with Article I (2) of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Article II (4) of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina in conjunction with Article 1 (1) and Article 2 (a) and (c) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and Article 1 of Protocol No 12 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The Constitutional Court ordered the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska to harmonize Article 3 (b) of the Law on Holidays of the Republika Srpska with the Constitution within a time limit of six months from the date of delivery of the decision and to inform the Constitutional Court of the measures taken to enforce the Decision.
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