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Capital punishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Capital punishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina is prohibited. It was abolished de facto for all crimes in November 1998 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the last execution thought to be have been carried out there in 1977 for murder -- at that time the Socialist Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina was still one of the constituent republics of Yugoslavia) and on June 21, 2000 in the Republika Srpska, the other of Bosnia and Herzegovina's two entities. However, it was only on October 4, 2019 that capital punishment was completely erased from the Constitution of the Republika Srpska. Until then, it was endorsed under Article 11 of the Constitution of the Republika Srpska.[1]

Bosnia and Herzegovina is party to abolitionist international instruments, including the Council of Europe Protocol no.6 and Protocol no.13.

Executions since 1959

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Source: SPSK Database

Executed person Gender Date of sentence Date of execution Place of execution Crime Method
Mijo Radoš Male 1960 1960 Doboj War crimes Firing squad
Ivan Tomić 1961 1961 Tuzla
Samid Istić 1962 1962 Brčko Murder of a policeman
Suljo Hrnić 1963 1963 Travnik Double murder
Milojko Arizanović 1968 4 December 1968 Sarajevo Double murder
Đuro Horvat 21 December 1972 17 March 1973 Sarajevo Terrorism
Mirko Vlasnović
Vejsil Keškić
Dragomir Bajčeta 3 April 1972 August 1973[2] Sarajevo Child murder
Višnja Pavlović Female
Dušan Prodić Male 8 September 1976 1977 Doboj Murder

References

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  1. ^ "Google Translate".
  2. ^ "Kako su strijeljane Brunine ubice Tekst je izvorno objavljen na portalu www.Zenicablog.com. Prenošenje dozvoljeno samo uz pismenu dozvolu". Zenicablog Arhiva. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2018.