Flag of Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska

Тробојка/Trobojka (Tricolor)
Use	Civil and state flag
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	12 May 1992
Design	A horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white

The flag of Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted on 12 May 1992.^[1][2] The flag is a rectangular tricolor with three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white.^[3] It is almost identical to the civil flag of Serbia, but with different aspect ratio of 1:2 instead of 2:3 and slightly different color shades.The flag very similar to that of Misiones Province in Argentina.

In 2007, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the coat of arms of Republika Srpska, and other symbols of Republika Srpska unconstitutional. The court ruled that the symbols did not represent the non-Serb ethnicities living in Republika Srpska. However, the flag of Republika Srpska was deemed to be in line with the constitution. The court ruled that though the combination of the colors relates to the Serbian tricolor, the use of red, blue, and white are considered to be pan-Slavic colors as well.