Capital punishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina is prohibited. It was abolished ''de facto'' for all crimes in November 1998 in the

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(last execution though to be carried there out in 1977 for murder) and on in the Republika Srpska. However, it was only on that the capital punishment was completely erased from the Constitution of Republic of Srpska, one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's two entities. While it was still in place, it was endorsed under the Article 11 of the Constitution of the Republic of Srpska. Bosnia and Herzegovina is party to abolitionist international instruments, including the

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Executions since 1959

Source
SPSK Database

References

Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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