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Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006

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<strong>Implementation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transitional</strong> <strong>Laws</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong> <strong>2006</strong><strong>Implementation</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Law on RehabilitationAt this moment, argumented conclusions on implementation <strong>of</strong> this law <strong>in</strong>practice cannot be made as only recently first decisions on rehabilitation <strong>in</strong><strong>Serbia</strong> were made. Spokesperson <strong>of</strong> the Belgrade District Court Ivana Ramicsaid that the Belgrade District Court received 214 rehabilitation requestsand that there were much fewer requests than expected 753 . Accord<strong>in</strong>g toher, the court formed seven councils each compris<strong>in</strong>g three judges thatwill decide on requests <strong>in</strong> out-<strong>of</strong>-court proceed<strong>in</strong>gs 754 . Ivana Ramic alsoadded: “Every three-member council comprises a crim<strong>in</strong>al judge, litigantand one judge from the department for adm<strong>in</strong>istrative disputes. Most <strong>of</strong>the submitted requests do not conta<strong>in</strong> all necessary documentation, but thecourt is obliged by the law to request from state authorities and organizationsthat are obliged to submit the documents at the court’s request with<strong>in</strong> 60days. Therefore, we may say that a non-public phase <strong>of</strong> the procedure iscurrently underway” 755 . So far, two persons were rehabilitated before thiscourt, namely former lieutenant <strong>of</strong> the Yugoslav National Army (JNA)Kosana Milosevic and owner <strong>of</strong> a sawmill <strong>in</strong> Kraljevo before the SecondWorld War Miljko Petrovic 756 .The submitted requests <strong>in</strong>clude ones requir<strong>in</strong>g rehabilitation <strong>of</strong> ZankaStokic 757 , Slobodan Jovanovic 758 , Momcilo N<strong>in</strong>cic 759 , Konstant<strong>in</strong> Fotic 760 ,the Teokarovic brothers 761 et al.Immediately upon adoption <strong>of</strong> the law, the <strong>Serbia</strong>n Constitutional Courtrequested from the M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong> Justice, the government and the NationalAssembly to urgently draft and adopt amendments to the law that willregulate the rules <strong>of</strong> the procedure which are to be applied <strong>in</strong> rehabilitationprocedures 762 . The M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong> Justice responded that if a specific law does753 See webpage: http://www.serbiancafe.co.uk/news/showshort.cfm?NewsID=15507,visited on November 25 th , <strong>2006</strong>754 Ibid755 Ibid756 First decisions on discrim<strong>in</strong>ation, B92, November 14 th , <strong>2006</strong>, webpage: http://www.b92.net/<strong>in</strong>fo/vesti/u_fokusu.php?id=26&start=0&nav_id=219869,visited on November 25 th , <strong>2006</strong>757 Zanka Stokic (1887-1947), actress, was sentenced to eight years <strong>of</strong> prison for loss <strong>of</strong> national honor <strong>in</strong>1945. The Pozarevac committee <strong>of</strong> the League for Protection <strong>of</strong> Private Property and Human Rights submittedrequest for rehabilitation758 Famous <strong>Serbia</strong>n lawyer and historian who was also Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister <strong>in</strong> exile759 Foreign Affairs M<strong>in</strong>ister <strong>of</strong> the K<strong>in</strong>gdom <strong>of</strong> Yugoslavia760 Former ambassador <strong>in</strong> the United States <strong>of</strong> America761 Pioneers <strong>of</strong> textile <strong>in</strong>dustry <strong>in</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong> and owners <strong>of</strong> the factory with latest technology <strong>in</strong> the pre-war Yugoslavia762 See above under 756134

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