Laws

Available on this site:

  • Legal regulations grouped by areas of law
  • Related amendments for each legal regulation in chronological order

You can access regulations and its amendments by clicking on the number of the BiH Official Gazette in which they were published.

LAW ON THE COURT OF BiH BiH Official Gazette  No. 29/00

LAW ON THE HIGH JUDICIAL AND PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL (Amendments to the Law on Court of BiH)

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 15/02

LAW ON THE COURT OF BiH BiH Official Gazette  No. 16/02
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 24/02
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 03/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 37/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 42/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 04/04
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 09/04
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 35/04
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 61/04

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Court of BiH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 32/07

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 97/09

LAW ON COURT OF BH 
This is the official consolidated version of the foregoing law, published in the BiH Official Gazette No. 49/09.
Corrigendum od the Law on Court of BiH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 74/09

 

CRIMINAL CODE OF BH    BiH Official Gazette  No. 03/03
Correction BiH Official Gazette  No. 32/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 37/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 54/04
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 61/04

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 30/05
Amendment BiH Official Gazette 

No. 53/06

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 55/06

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of BiH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 32/07

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 08/10

CRIMINAL CODE OF BH 
This is an unofficial consolidated version of the foregoing law, which needs to be taken into account in the process of their utilization, given that the official version has been published in Official Gazettes.

 
BIH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE – BiH CPC BiH Official Gazette  No. 03/03
Correction BiH Official Gazette  No. 32/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 36/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 26/04
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 63/04
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 13/05

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette  No. 48/05
Amendment BiH Official Gazette 

No. 46/06

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 76/06

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 29/07

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of BIH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 32/07

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 53/07

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of BIH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 76/07

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of BIH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 15/08

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 58/08

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 12/09

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 16/09

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 93/09

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE OF BH 
This is an unofficial consolidated version of the foregoing law, which needs to be taken into account in the process of their utilization, given that the official version has been published in Official Gazettes.
 

LAW ON THE TRANSFER OF CASES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TO THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICES OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND THE USE OF EVIDENCE COLLECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA IN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURTS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BiH Official Gazette  No. 61/04

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 46/06

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 53/06

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Tranfer of Cases

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 76/06
BH LAW ON TRANSFER OF CASES  
This is an unofficial consolidated version of the foregoing law, which needs to be taken into account in the process of their utilization, given that the official version has been published in Official Gazettes.
 

LAW ON PROTECTION OF WITNESSES UNDER THREAT AND VULNERABLE WITNESSES

BiH Official Gazette  No. 03/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 21/03
Amendment BiH Official Gazette  No. 61/04
Amendment BiH Official Gazette 

No. 55/05

BH LAW ON PROTECTION OF WITNESSES
This is an unofficial consolidated version of the foregoing law, which needs to be taken into account in the process of their utilization, given that the official version has been published in Official Gazettes.
 

LAW ON WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BiH Official Gazette  No. 29/04
 

LAW OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ON THE EXECUTION OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS, DETENTION AND OTHER MEASURES

BiH Official Gazette  No. 13/05

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 53/07

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 97/07

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 37/09

 

LAW ON THE PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING

BiH Official Gazette  No. 53/09 

 

 

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

BiH Official Gazette

No. 28/00

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 45/06

 

 

 

LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

BiH Official Gazette

No. 49/06

 

 

 

LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF SECRET DATA

BiH Official Gazette

No. 54/05

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 12/09

 

ELECTION LAW

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 23/01

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 07/02

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 09/02

Amendment (2)

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 09/02

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 20/02

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 04/04

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 20/04

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 25/05

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 77/05

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 11/06

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Election Law on BiH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 32/07

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Election Law on BiH (2)

BiH Official Gazette

No. 32/07

 

LAW ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS 

BiH Official Gazette

No. 13/02

LAW ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS 

BiH Official Gazette

No. 16/02

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 14/03

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 12/04

 

 

 

LAW ON PARTY FINANCING

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 22/00

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 102/09

 

 

 

LAW ON ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 19/02

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 88/07

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette 

No. 83/08

 

 

 

LAW ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

BiH Official Gazette

No. 29/02

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 12/04

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 88/07

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 93/09

 

 

 

LAW ON CIVIL PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT OF BH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 36/04

Amendment

BiH Official Gazette

No. 84/07

 

 

 

LAW ON ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT OF BH

BiH Official Gazette

No. 18/03

 

 

 

LAW ON CIVIL SERVICE IN THE INSTITUTIONS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BiH Official Gazette No. 12/02

LAW ON CIVIL SERVICE IN THE INSTITUTIONS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BiH Official Gazette

No. 19/02

HR Decision Enacting the Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BiH Official Gazette No. 08/03

Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BiH Official Gazette

No. 35/03

Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BiH Official Gazette

No. 04/04

HR Decision Enacting the Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH Official Gazette No. 17/04
HR Decision Enacting the Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH Official Gazette No. 26/04
HR Decision Enacting the Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH Official Gazette No. 37/04

Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BiH Official Gazette

No. 48/05

Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BiH Official Gazette

No. 02/06

Law on Adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Service in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BiH Official Gazette

No. 32/07

 

 

 

Other Documents

 

 

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGISTRY FOR SECTION I FOR WAR CRIMES AND SECTION II FOR ORGANIZED CRIME, ECONOMIC CRIME AND CORRUPTION OF THE CRIMINAL AND APPELLATE DIVISIONS OF THE COURT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND THE SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR WAR CRIMES, ORGANIZED CRIME, ECONOMIC CRIME AND CORRUPTION OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BOSNIA

 

BiH Official Gazette

 

No. 12/04


International Humanitarian Law

Charter of United Nations
http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter

The International Bill of Human Rights
http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/apro/APROweb.nsf/pages/udhr

 

 

Convention in the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/genocide.htm

 

Convention on Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/warcrimes.htm

Principles of international co-operation in the detection, arrest, extradition and punishment of persons guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/guilty.htm

Statute of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/itfy.htm

Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/itr.htm

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
http://www.2ohchr.org/english/law/criminalcourt.htm

Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/prisonerwar.htm

Geneva Convention to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/civilianpersons.htm

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (protocol I)
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/protocol1.htm

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (protocol II)
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/protocol2.htm

Ratifications and reservations
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/countries/ratification/index.htm

Status of ratifications of Human Rights treaties
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/docs/status.pdf

Conventions, Declarations and Other Instruments Found in General Assembly Resolutions (since 1946)
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/resins.htm


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Indictments:
Section I   Section I for War Crimes
Section II  Section II for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption
Section III Section III for all other Criminal Actions from Court of BiH Jurisdiction

Verdicts:
Section I   Section I for War Crimes
Section II 
Section III Section III for all other Criminal Actions from Court of BiH Jurisdiction

All documents provided herein are for information only and are not to be considered as official records of the Court.