Balkans | Non-constitutional immovable property law adopted in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Balkans |  Non-constitutional immovable property law adopted in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina

It was reported that the National Assembly of Republika Srpska (NSRS), one of the two entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, passed the Immovable Property Law, which is an unconstitutional law.

Although the Constitutional Court of BiH decided that immovable property belongs to the state, not the entities, the NSRS at the entity level voted on the immovable property law, which is stated to play an important role in carrying out the actions of the public. institutions.

Republika Srpska (RS), which argues that immovable property belongs to entities according to the Dayton Peace Treaty, which ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995, argues that the administration of property is also theirs under the said law. .

Ramiz Salkic, one of the Bosnian deputies of the NSRS, stated that in line with the decision of the Constitutional Court, the entity’s council cannot decide on immovable property, and said that this is an issue that needs to be discussed in the council. Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnian member Denis Besirovic and Croatian member Zeljko Komcic said they would appeal to the Constitutional Court over the decision.

Meanwhile, while the problem of immovable property has been a topic that has been discussed since the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it has been debated whether immovable property in the country belongs to the state or entities that use such immovable property.

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