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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>of</strong>ficial letter Initiative sent to General Inspector <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Serbia</strong>n InteriorM<strong>in</strong>istry stat<strong>in</strong>g compla<strong>in</strong>t regard<strong>in</strong>g misdemeanor <strong>of</strong> the police members<strong>in</strong> the Doljevac police, follow<strong>in</strong>g was replied: “We <strong>in</strong>form you that aftercheck<strong>in</strong>g statements from your petition it was determ<strong>in</strong>ed that the petition,compla<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to treatment <strong>of</strong> police members <strong>in</strong> the Doljevac police <strong>in</strong>Secretariat <strong>of</strong> Interior <strong>in</strong> Nis, was founded. There will be taken measuresaga<strong>in</strong>st responsible employees under the jurisdiction <strong>of</strong> the M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong>Interior 1123 .After their charges were dropped, family Slavkovic filed request to themagistrate <strong>in</strong> Municipal Court <strong>in</strong> Nis for <strong>in</strong>vestigation aga<strong>in</strong>st mentionedpolicemen <strong>in</strong> the Doljevac police 1124 , and then, as subsidiary prosecutors,direct <strong>in</strong>dictment to the Municipal Court <strong>in</strong> Nis 1125 . The ma<strong>in</strong> hear<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>this case was f<strong>in</strong>ished on October 27, 2004 when the bar president Katar<strong>in</strong>aRanjelovic reached the verdict acquitt<strong>in</strong>g Predrag Randjelovic, SlavisaPetkovic and Miroljub Stevanovic and oblig<strong>in</strong>g subsidiary prosecutorsSlavkovic Srboljub and Tanja to pay for judicial expenses <strong>in</strong> the amount <strong>of</strong>63,000 d<strong>in</strong>ars with<strong>in</strong> 15 days from the f<strong>in</strong>al judgment 1126 .After an appeal filed by family Slavkovic aga<strong>in</strong>st this verdict and due toviolation <strong>of</strong> crim<strong>in</strong>al procedure acts, <strong>in</strong>correct establishment <strong>of</strong> facts andbreach <strong>of</strong> Crim<strong>in</strong>al Code 1127 , the Nis District Court on May 11 th , <strong>2006</strong>adopted a decision tak<strong>in</strong>g the damaged party compla<strong>in</strong>t <strong>in</strong>to considerationand returned the case to the District Court <strong>in</strong> Nis for retrial 1128 . Exposition<strong>of</strong> this decision says: “When evaluat<strong>in</strong>g the evidence, subjective courtconviction is not substantial but conviction based on facts. Facts that m<strong>in</strong>or<strong>in</strong>jured party S.I. is 11 years old, she had a birthday celebration <strong>in</strong> her houseattended by many people, defendants <strong>in</strong>terrupted the celebration to act byorder <strong>of</strong> their superior Ljubisa Stamenkovic, who conducted an <strong>in</strong>terviewwith the m<strong>in</strong>or S.I. and duration <strong>of</strong> that <strong>in</strong>terview represent facts whichthe first <strong>in</strong>stance court did not give significance they had. The first <strong>in</strong>stancecourt was obliged but failed to expla<strong>in</strong>, with the help <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essionals, how<strong>of</strong>ficer should treat m<strong>in</strong>ors especially bear<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d the reasons <strong>of</strong> such1123 Official letter from General Inspector number 3436/05 signed by colonel Mirjana Oras<strong>in</strong> is available <strong>in</strong> theInitiative’s documentation1124 Demand for <strong>in</strong>vestigation is filed on August 8 th , 2003 No. KTP 416/03 and is available <strong>in</strong> the Initiative’sdocumentation1125 Direct <strong>in</strong>dictment filed on December 1 st , 2003 No. Ki 720/03 is available <strong>in</strong> the Initiative’s documentation1126 See the Nis Municipal Court Verdict No. K-1344/2003, available <strong>in</strong> the Initiative’s documentation1127 Appeal to the Nis Municipal Court Verdict No. K-1344/03, available <strong>in</strong> the Initiative’s documentation1128 Decision from the District Court <strong>in</strong> Nis, No KŽ 500/05, available <strong>in</strong> the Initiative’s documentation193

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