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  F ollowing the loss of its state independence in 1463 during the medieval era, Bosnia and Herzegovina remained a distinct multi-confessional, multicultural, and geographically cohesive entity until the mid-20th century, under the rule of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires, and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. This status persisted until the imposition of King Alexander I Karadjordjević's January 6th Dictatorship in 1929 and the subsequent reorganisation of Yugoslavia into nine banovinas. Between 1941 and 1945, during the Second World War, Bosnia and Herzegovina became the primary battleground for National Liberation and the anti-fascist struggle led by partisan forces against the occupying powers on Yugoslav territory. The idea of ZAVNOBiH emerged within the framework of the National Liberation Movement. After the organisational and political arrangements were made, the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBiH) convened on 25 Nove...

  Slaven Kovačević B osnia and Herzegovina is a country with a unique governance structure, established under the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly referred to as the Dayton Peace Agreement[ 2 ]. This agreement comprises a core text of only a few pages and 11 annexes addressing various areas. Among these, Annex IV contains the new Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was not the result of the democratic will of its citizens but was instead incorporated as an integral part of the General Framework Peace Agreement. It is important to emphasise that the Dayton Peace Agreement is, in essence, an international treaty, with its status defined by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which was opened for signature in 1969 and entered into force in 1980. What makes this international treaty particularly unique is that it includes the very constitution of the state as one of its integral components. Furthermore, it is crucial to unde...