Bosnia and Herzegovina

House of Peoples

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Law-making

Data on parliament’s law-making role and activities

Legislative activity

Number of laws adopted by parliament, per year
12
(2023)
Total number of laws adopted by Parliament in the previous legislature
60
(2018-12)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by parliament
23
(2019-02 - 2019-12)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by the government
37
(2019-02 - 2019-12)
Percentage of laws initiated by parliament in the previous legislature
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Dates of the previous legislature
29 Jan 2015 to 28 Feb 2019
(2019-02 - 2019-12)
Outcome when the two chambers cannot agree on a piece of draft legislation
The legislation cannot be adopted unless both chambers agree

Sources: Constitution

Executive-legislative relations

Legislation adopted by parliament requires the assent of the Head of State
No

Sources: Constitution

Number of times the Head of State declined to give assent to legislation, per year
No information available
Consequences when the Head of State declines to give assent to legislation
Not applicable
Final decision when parliament and the Head of State do not agree
Not applicable

Existence of a procedure to introduce emergency legislation

There is a procedure for introducing emergency legislation into parliament
Yes
Number of times the procedure for emergency legislation was used, per year
5

Sources: Newsletters of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No