Summary
The author of this paper discusses the regulation of relationship between
church and state in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In doing so, he stresses out
that this relationship is determined by the commitment to the model of cooperative separation. Its most significant feature is complete institutional
autonomy from religious influences. The church may play a significant role
in society but exerts no influence over the institutions. This is evident from
the judicial decisions cited in the paper witnessing institutional autonomy
from the authority of religious norms. In this way, the author believes, the
first criterion for the secular state which refers to non-supremacy of religion
over the state and its institutions has been met. As for the other two criteria
namely, freedom of conscience and prohibition of discrimination, it is argued that they too are guaranteed by the B&H legislation.
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