Talk:Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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The article says that the Independence Day was declared as such on 28 Feb, 1995 and celebrated for the first time "two" days later on 1 March 1995. Was 1995 a leap year? --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 09:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

National holiday

How can this day be a national public holiday, in terms of a nation-state, when it's not celebrated in the whole of that country (in RS, like mentioned---49% of the country, no by the collective presidency of the country/the collective head of state), and when there is no state law that declares it a state (nation/state) holiday?...its only a holiday in the half of the country, so like a provincial, holiday, in the hierarchy kinda below the national holidays (in BiH, 1st of may, but above municipalitian holidays...)...there is no state law that declares this day a national holiday (in terms of BiH, maby a bosniak holiday)...there is a law that declares it a entity holiday (Federation of BiH, but not a state holiday)...--Ivan VA (talk) 20:28, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. Only the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared it the independence day. Which means that it's not Bosnia and Herzegovina's public holiday, but only of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. --Yerevani Axjik (talk) 10:37, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Law on the Proclamation of March 1 as the Independence Day of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of BiH (No. 9/95) was declared by the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an independent country, which became a United Nations Member State on 22 May 1992.

The constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (part of the Dayton Peace Accords) specifically states that "The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the official name of which shall henceforth be "Bosnia and Herzegovina," shall continue its legal existence under international law as a state". It also states that "All laws, regulations, and judicial rules of procedure in effect within the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina when the Constitution enters into force shall remain in effect".

Therefore, all laws in force, incl. the above stated "Law on the Proclamation of March 1 as the Independence Day of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina" remain in force, unless changed or modified by the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (and this particular law has not been changed or modified).

N.B.: The fact that a certain part of a population does not celebrate something or recognize somethig does not change the fact what is law, and in this particular case, in accordance with the Law on the Proclamation of March 1 as the Independence Day of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 1st is the Independence Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kalimero2013 (talk) 07:16, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]