(Article VI(3)(a) of the Constitution)
In special cases, the Court also has jurisdiction to examine whether an Entity's decision to establish a special parallel relationship with a neighbouring state is consistent with the Constitution, including provisions relating to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Under the Constitution, disputes may be referred only by a certain circle of authorised persons, i.e. a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Chair of the Council of Ministers, the Chair or a Deputy Chair of either chamber of the Parliamentary Assembly, one-fourth of the members/delegates of either chamber of the Parliamentary Assembly, or one-fourth of either chamber of a legislature of an Entity.
