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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is a highly decentralized parliamentary republic whose complex constitutional regime is embedded in the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the 1992–95 Bosnian War. Political affairs are characterized by severe partisan gridlock among nationalist leaders from the country’s Bosniak, Serb, and Croat communities. Corruption remains a serious problem.

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Freedom in the World — Bosnia and Herzegovina Country Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina is rated Partly Free in Freedom in the World, Freedom House's annual study of political rights and civil liberties worldwide.
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