It was established on March 30, 1994, at the session of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The provisions of the Constitution prescribe the composition, jurisdiction, persons authorized to submit requests, as well as the effect of the decisions of the Constitutional Court, the basic rights and obligations of the parties in proceedings before that institution.

[2] Milan Bajić, Mirko Bošković, Muamer Herceglija, Omer Ibrahimagić, Katarina Mandić and Draško Vuleta were appointed as the first domestic judges on September 30, 1994, and their appointment was confirmed by the Constituent Assembly (i.e.. Federal Parliament) at its session on November 9 of that same year.

Three foreign judges, Bola Ajibola, Abdalah Fikri al-Hani and François Rigaux, were appointed on 22 February 1995, when the Constitutional Court of the Federation was finally completed.

[1][2] After the constitutional amendments of 2002, the Council for the Protection of Vital National Interests was established, as the final authority in deciding on matters of vital national interests of the constituent peoples.