The Dayton Peace Agreement as an Acknowledgement of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Legal Statehood Cover Image

Dejtonski mirovni sporazum je potvrda državno-pravnog kontinuiteta Bosne i Hercegovine
The Dayton Peace Agreement as an Acknowledgement of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Legal Statehood

Author(s): Zdravko Lučić
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Diplomatic history, Political history, Government/Political systems, Politics and law, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Peace Agreement; fides and bona fides; uti possidetis iuris; cursus honorum; Ambitus; Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Summary/Abstract: The Dayton Peace Agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina has been in force for 25 years. This article examines different scales of its application regarding some of its crucial structural elements. The author explores different options to reform and improve the existing arrangements of the agreement. Hereby, he departs from several public law institutes of the Roman Imperial State as potential models for determining functional reforms of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s society. Among these are bona fides, the conceptual foundation of human rights by natural law, uti possidetis iuris, cursus honorum i ambitus. Special focus is put on the review of the constitutional arrangements and their range in regard to Annex 4.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 01+02
  • Page Range: 50-67
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bosnian