COMPARATION CONSTITUTION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND SWIZERLAND

Abstract

Federation Switzerland is consisting of 26 cantons that are mutually equitable, although the differences between them are large and multiple. The Swiss cantons, as well as those in the Federation of BiH, have a relatively high degree of autonomy. Historically, the Swiss cantons existed before the Swiss Confederation, while they were established in BiH in 1995. Similarly to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland is divided into three political levels: federal, cantonal and municipal, with the federal government regulating foreign policy issues, administering the army and citizenship and customs issues, with the police, health, education, and preschool and primary education, as well as local infrastructure and utilities are under the jurisdiction of municipalities.
Unlike the cantons in the Federation of BiH, the Swiss cantons were not made exclusively on the basis of ethnic differences. Nevertheless, among the Swiss cantons there were differences between those who were Catholic and Protestant, although they were not formed on the basis of these differences.
Each Swiss canton, as well as those in the Federation of BiH, has its own government, parliament, judiciary and police, each enjoying equal competence and autonomy in internal affairs, regardless of size or population.