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GENERAL PART
VII C H A P T E R S E V E N
PUNISHMENT
Long-term Imprisonment
Article 42b.
(5) If long-term imprisonment has been imposed, amnesty or pardon may be granted only after three-fifths of the punishment have been served.
GENERAL PART
XIII C H A P T E R T H I R T E E N
REHABILITATION, AMNESTY, PARDON AND DELETION OF CONVICTION
Pardon
Article 119
(1) By means of pardon, to the specifically designated persons, complete or partial release from the execution of punishment, substitution of the imposed punishment by a less severe one, deletion of the conviction, or annulment or shortening the duration of the security measure of prohibition to carry out a certain occupation, activity or duty, or a certain legal consequence incident to conviction is given.
(2) A pardon for the criminal offences determined under the criminal legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, may be granted by the decision of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina pursuant to a special law.
Article 17
Issues of admissibility
1. Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Preamble and article 1, the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where:
(b) The case has been investigated by a State which has jurisdiction over it and the State has decided not to prosecute the person concerned, unless the decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State genuinely to prosecute