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https://doi.org/10.47960/2831-0322.2024.1.28.47
THE INFLUENCE OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ONTO THE HOUSE OF PEOPLES OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Ivan Tomić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2058-5272
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
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* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
In the Federation of B&H there is a bicameral system with the House of Peoples as an upper house
whose core functions are representing and protecting the constituent nations. The interventions of
the High Representative as a specific international factor in B&H largely changed the original constitutional
solutions that were supposed to ensure the realisation of the mentioned function of the
House of Peoples. In the paper the author analyses the influence of the Hight Representative actions
onto the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of B&H, especially the changes that
relate to the number of the delegates in the House of Peoples, the mechanism of the vital national
interest and the participation of the caucuses of the constituent nations in the process of electing
the president and vice-president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The analysis has
shown that the interventions have significantly weakened the position of the constituent nations
through the change of the House of Peoples. They have also lead to the weakening of the mechanism
of the vital interest and changes in the process of election of the president and vice-president of the
Federation. The imposed changes from the year 2023 are an exception since they strenghten the
position of the constituent nations and the House of Peoples. The paper proves that through the
imposed changes of the High Representative the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and
Herzegovina U 23/14 has not been implemented, because the principle of proportionality and the
principle of legitimate political representation have not been achieved.
Ključne riječi
bicameral system; upper house; High Representative; House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of B&H; Decision of the Constitutional Court U 23/14
Hrčak ID:
321577
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Datum izdavanja:
22.10.2024.
Posjeta: 159 *