CLAIM: “The forests are under jurisdiction of the FBiH and Brčko District… The RS has the right to dispose of its property.”

FACT: The Constitutional Court of BiH ruled that forests and forestland across the whole territory of BiH represent public goods that are part of State Property which is within the exclusive competence of the State of BiH and therefore needs to be regulated by a State-level law adopted by the BiH Parliament. The Entities and Brčko District’s management of forests and forest lands was not disputed before the Constitutional Court. Decisions of the Constitutional Court of BiH are final and binding, and thus need to be implemented.