Twenty-five years have passed since the new Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina came into force. To celebrate this anniversary, the present article will try to highlight its peculiarities: first of all, the way in which this Constitution was drafted and adopted. Instead, the central part of the paper will be aimed at an in-depth analysis of the constitutional text on the topic of ethnic diversity. What emerges is a constitutional order based on the institutionalization of ethnic diversity, both at the level of the local structure of the States, and at the level of the composition and functioning of the state institutions themselves. In conclusion, the article will focus on a brief illustration of the main issues that have emerged over the last few years.

 

(by Edin Skrebo)