government: parliamentary republic

state of civil and political rights: Partly free

constitution: 14 December 1995 (constitution included as part of the Dayton Peace Accords); amended several times, last in 2009

legal system: civil law system; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration

legislative system: bicameral Parliamentary Assembly (Skupstina) consists of House of Peoples (Dom Naroda) and House of Representatives (Predstavnicki Dom)

judicial system: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members); Court of BiH (consists of 44 national judges and 7 international judges organized into 3 divisions - Administrative, Appellate, and Criminal, which includes a War Crimes Chamber); the Federation has 10 cantonal courts plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has a supreme court, 5 district courts, and a number of municipal courts

religion: Muslim 50.7%, Orthodox 30.7%, Roman Catholic 15.2%, atheist 0.8%, agnostic 0.3%, other 1.2%, undeclared/no answer 1.1% (2013 est.)

death row:

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0