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Respondent State required to establish without delay political system in which all citizens have the right to stand for elections without discrimination
Ineligibility to stand for election without declaration of affiliation to one of constitutionally defined �constituent peoples�: violation
Ineligibility to stand for election without declaration of affiliation to one of constitutionally defined �constituent peoples�: violations
Facts � Under the Bosnian Constitution, only persons declaring affiliation with a �constituent people� � defined by the Constitution as Bosniacs, Croats or Serbs � have the right to stand for election to the State Parliament (House of Peoples) and the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The applicant, an active participant in the political life of the country, does not wish to declare affiliation with any of the �constituent peoples� as she considers herself a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is thus ineligible to stand for election to either office.
Conclusions : violation of Article 14 in conjunction with Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 (six votes to one); violations of Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 (unanimously).
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