European Centre for Minority Issues, May 2001 Bosnia Herzegovina 2001: the international community versus the Bosnian Croats BHHRG Office of the High Representative: Chronology/Monthly Tracker 2001 In 2000, the Office of the High Representative in the country imposed amendments to the Federation entity's constitution and its electoral law.

Dissatisfied Croat politicians led by Ante Jelavić and HDZ set up a separate Croatian National Assembly on 28 October in Novi Travnik,[3] held a referendum parallel to the elections and proclaimed Croat self-rule in a federal unit in Croat-majority areas in the Federation (Hrvatska samouprava - "Third entity").

[5] After Croatian politician Božo Ljubić filed an appeal, finally, in December 2016 Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina found the election system of the deputies in the House of Peoples unconstitutional and abrogated the controversial rules.

It remains the permanent aspiration of the Croatian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”[11] The HNS has a 29-member Presidency, headed by Dragan Čović.

HNS's 14-member General Secretariat is chaired by Božo Ljubić as the president, while Secretary-general is Josip Merdžo.