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Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006and people of immigrant origin 970 . The same document recommendsthat national law and practice in the area of hate speech should take dueaccount of the role of the media in communicating information and ideaswhich expose, analyze and explain specific instances of hate speech andthe underlying phenomenon in general as well as the right of the public toreceive such information and ideas. To this end, national law and practiceshould distinguish clearly between the responsibility of the author ofexpressions of hate speech on the one hand and any responsibility of themedia and media professionals contributing to their dissemination as partof their mission to communicate information and ideas on matters ofpublic interest on the other hand. 971Using, among other things, above mentioned legal arguments the Initiativefiled charges for determination of hate speech to the First Municipal Courtin Belgrade 972 regarding this article for hate speech in terms of internationaland domestic standards and undoubted consequences of its publicationare spreading, inciting, encouraging, justifying national hatred, xenophobiaand intolerance. The charges were pressed against Ivan Corbic who was, atthat time, editor-in-chief 973 . With the charges, the Initiative demanded fromthe First Municipal Court in Belgrade to reach the ruling determining thatthe mentioned article represents hate speech, to remove article in questionfrom this daily paper’s website 974 , to ban its publishing or any similar articlein the future, to publish the ruling in GLAS JAVNOSTI in whole andwithout any comments and to pay out the prosecutor for the expenses oflegal proceedings.In response to the charges, defendants’ lawyer Aleksandra Glogonjacdisputed complaint and demand in whole 975 . It reply to the complaint it isstated: “The mentioned announcement enabled use of rights guaranteedby fundamental state laws and exiled Serbs publicly expressed their opiniontowards the state which violated their human and civil rights and expressedextreme intolerance, xenophobia, discrimination and hostility and exiledthem from their homes 976 …. Facts that Croats walk freely on Serbian land970 Ibid, Recommendation Annex, Implementation Field part971 Ibid, principle 6972 Complaint for hate speech determination was filed to the First Municipal Court in Belgrade on April 7 th , 2006and it is available in the Initiative’s documentation973 Ibid974 Disputable article is on the web site: http://www.kurir-info.co.yu/Arhiva/2006/april/13/SP-06-13042006.shtml, visited on November 21 st , 2006975 Reply to the complaint was filed on June 2 nd , 2006 and its copy is in the Initiative’s documents976 Ibid, page 1172
Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006are indisputable and there is no advocacy of hate or discrimination for thatmatter but on a contrary they aim at reciprocity establishment and makingit equally possible for Serbs to walk freely on Croatian ground 977 .The First Municipal Court in Belgrade scheduled the first hearing on thismatter for June 6 th , 2006 and proceeding judge was Aleksandra Culin-Vujic 978 . At the hearing, both the prosecutor and defendant retained theiropinions and the next hearing was scheduled for July 10 th , 2006 979 . At thathearing, the court agreed to question Ivan Corbic on the next main hearing,scheduled for October 26 th , 2006 980 . Therefore, the legal proceeding for thiscase is ongoing.Hate speech of MP Zoran KrasicSerbian Radical Party MP, Zoran Krasic, stated during a parliamentdebate on June 6 th , 2006 that Ivana Dulic-Markovic, who was at that timeMinister of Agriculture, “an example of how Ustashas are dragged intothe government” 981 . He added that “close relatives of the lady in questionbragged how they took part in the Croatian Statehood War and madeconsiderable contribution. Make some inquiries what are their trails like”,Krasic pointed out 982 . Minister Dulic-Markovic exclusively chooses herassociates among “her Ustashas” 983 . This case of open hate speech towardsthe citizen whose only “sin” is her Croatian nationality provoked numerousreactions in the public 984 . Among others, party G17 Plus, the member ofwhich is the mentioned minister, requested a ban on the work of the SerbianRadical Party 985 . Other ruling parties only condemned it verbally.The Youth Initiative for Human Rights also pressed charges against MPKrasic quoting Article 317 of the Serbian Criminal Code 986 . This articleregulates offence in terms of provoking or encouraging national, racial or977 Ibid, page 1978 Call up for the main hearing, number p 3236/06 is in the Initiative’s documents979 See trial report in the case GLAS JAVNOSTI from June 6 th , 2006, available the Initiative’s documentation980 See trial report in the case GLAS JAVNOSTI from July 7 th , 2006, available the Initiative’s documents981 Radical Party hate speech again, B92, June 6 th , 2006, B92 web site: http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/u_fokusu.php?id=26&start=105&nav_id=200171, visited on November 25 th , 2006982 Ibid983 Ibid984 Ibid985 Petition for Radical Party abolishment, B92, June 10 th , 2006, B92 web site:http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/u_fokusu.php?id=26&start=105&nav_id=200679 ,visited on November 25 th ,2006986 Criminal charges against Zoran Krasic, June 8 th , 2006, Initiative’s documentation173
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