Bosnia and Herzegovina · Courts
Court structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Constitutional — Constitutional Court of BiH
- Constitutional disputes and appeals.
- State — Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- State-level criminal and administrative matters.
- Entity supreme — Supreme Courts of the entities
- Highest courts within each entity.
- First instance — Cantonal, district and municipal courts
- General courts within the entities.
Every court in the hierarchy
- constitutionalSarajevoConstitutional Court of Bosnia and HerzegovinaState-level — constitutional disputes and appeals from entity courts
- specialisedSarajevoCourt of Bosnia and HerzegovinaState-level offences, war crimes, organised crime and administrative review
- supremeSarajevo and Banja LukaEntity Supreme CourtsFederation of BiH and Republika Srpska respectively, plus the Brčko District
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