Balkans and eastern Europe
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Bosnia and Herzegovina: statutes on record
Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Balkans and eastern Europe, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2008. It is currently under increased monitoring by the FATF. Its confirmed instrument on record is the Criminal Code of BiH, Art. 195. Where a field could not be sourced it is reported as unsourced rather than left to be inferred.
International framework
Bosnia and Herzegovina is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1993 and the most recent from 2008.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 1 Sep 1993 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 24 Apr 2002 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 26 Oct 2006 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 1 Apr 2008 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Bosnia and Herzegovina: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
The following instruments have been confirmed against a citable national source. Titles are given as enacted and are not translated.
Criminal Code of BiH, Art. 195 — A code rather than a dedicated statute: the offences sit within the general body of law and are read together with its provisions on attempt, participation and sentencing. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
One body is named in the record for Bosnia and Herzegovina, each confirmed on Bosnia and Herzegovina's own government domain. Reading this alongside the treaty position is the point: the conventions say what must be criminalised, and these are the institutions through which that reaches a consignment or a suspect.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Customs procedures | customs and border control | uino.gov.ba |
Ratification sequence
A count of four tells you less than the sequence that produced it. Bosnia and Herzegovina came to these instruments over 15 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1993 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2008. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the UNTOC at 2 years, the longest the Firearms Protocol at 7.
Bosnia and Herzegovina became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1993, 5 years after it was adopted — exactly the median lag across the jurisdictions in this dataset.
What sat in the gaps between them is the less obvious half of the record. For the 9 years between 1993 and 2002, Bosnia and Herzegovina was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC, the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. For the 4 years between 2002 and 2006, Bosnia and Herzegovina was bound by the 1988 Convention and the UNTOC but not yet by the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. Nothing in the later instruments reaches back into that window, which is why a complete position today says little about a case from then.
On coverage, Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. Of the 10 Balkans and eastern Europe jurisdictions in this dataset, 1 sits under increased monitoring at present.
Position on the trafficking corridors
Bosnia and Herzegovina sits on the balkan route, one of the six corridors profiled here. What the corridor meets at this leg is the record set out above.
The Balkan route — 8 jurisdictions, carrying heroin. The legs either side of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the reporting are Türkiye and Serbia. Across the corridor as a whole, 6 of the 8 legs are party to all four instruments, 2 sit outside the Firearms Protocol, every leg carries a confirmed national instrument , and 1 is under increased monitoring. Bosnia and Herzegovina carries one of those gaps. The route page sets out every leg.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Bosnia and Herzegovina is recorded as Increased monitoring . What that status means, and how it differs from the call-for-action list, is set out on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Which drug-control conventions has Bosnia and Herzegovina ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 1 Sep 1993, the UNTOC on 24 Apr 2002, the UNCAC on 26 Oct 2006, the Firearms Protocol on 1 Apr 2008.
Is Bosnia and Herzegovina on the FATF grey list?
Yes. Bosnia and Herzegovina is under increased monitoring as of the FATF plenary statement of 19 June 2026. That means the FATF has identified strategic deficiencies in its anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing regime and the jurisdiction has committed to an action plan with review deadlines.
What national drug legislation is on record for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Criminal Code of BiH, Art. 195, confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Bosnia and Herzegovina that is the UNODC legal library. Each link resolves to the register's own copy, not to a summary of it.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Bosnia and Herzegovina's earliest of these commitments dates from 1993, its most recent from 2008; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Criminal Code of BiH, Art. 195: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.