Law, State and Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nedim Begović is an associate professor and vice dean for quality assurance at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo, where he teaches courses on Religion and Law, Islamic Law, and Research Methodology. As a Fulbright researcher, he spent academic year 2011/12 at UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago, the United States where he conducted research on religious freedom in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Emir Kovačević works as a lawyer in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he has been running his law office since 1999. As a legal representative of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he actively participated in the work of the Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1999 to 2019. Since 2016, he has been a member of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

• IntroductionI State religion law: General Contours1 Freedom of Religion or Belief and State-Religion Relations: A Normative Framework 2 Freedom of Religion or Belief and its Limitations3 Relations between the State and Religious Communities II Law, State and Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Thematic Studies4 Religious Rights in Specialized Regulatory Contexts5 Legal Status of Religious Communities6 Autonomy of Religious Communities7 Property and Finances of Religious Communities8 Religious Symbols and Festivals in the Public Space9 Marriage and Divorce: The Interaction of State Law and Religious NormsConclusion