Capital punishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina is prohibited. It was abolishedde facto for all crimes in November 1998 in theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the last execution thought to 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 onJune 21, 2000 in theRepublika Srpska, the other of Bosnia and Herzegovina's two entities. However, it was only onOctober 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 theCouncil of EuropeProtocol no.6Archived 2014-09-12 at theWayback Machine andProtocol no.13Archived 2015-10-07 at theWayback Machine.
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 |