Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006
Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006 - Archive
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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>treatment and to draw conclusion about regular and irregular conduct <strong>of</strong>authorized persons” 1129 .After that, representation <strong>of</strong> the Slavkovic family <strong>in</strong> repeated procedure<strong>in</strong> front <strong>of</strong> the Municipal Court <strong>in</strong> Nis was taken over by the Initiative’sattorney. The repeated procedure <strong>in</strong> this case is underway.ConclusionsThe Youth Initiative for Human Rights drew the follow<strong>in</strong>g conclusionsdur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>vestigations <strong>of</strong> human rights violations and authorized court legalcases aga<strong>in</strong>st those who were held responsible dur<strong>in</strong>g year <strong>2006</strong>. Focus<strong>in</strong>gon free access to public <strong>in</strong>formation, <strong>in</strong>cit<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> racial, religious and nationalhatred, discord and <strong>in</strong>tolerance, rehabilitation right, hate-speech and policetortures:• Legal mechanisms, serv<strong>in</strong>g to protect civil rights to have free access topublic <strong>in</strong>formation, exclud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitution <strong>of</strong> commissioners for public<strong>in</strong>formation, do not function;• M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong> Culture is the public body obliged by Law on Free Accessto Information to supervise implementation <strong>of</strong> this law which, evenafter two years from com<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to force, has not pressed any chargesaga<strong>in</strong>st persons responsible for law violation regardless <strong>of</strong> 222 <strong>of</strong>fences<strong>of</strong> noncompliance with law submitted by the commissioner.• The <strong>Serbia</strong>n government is obliged to conduct commissioner’s decisions.The Initiative, <strong>in</strong> the case <strong>of</strong> the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA),submitted request on May 29 th , <strong>2006</strong> to the <strong>Serbia</strong>n government to try toimplement commissioner’s decisions and get to the Initiative necessary<strong>in</strong>formation from BIA, what has not been done by the government tillNovember, <strong>2006</strong>.• Authorized courts <strong>in</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong>, city and municipal departments formisdemeanors, not even after two years from com<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to force andafter ten requests for <strong>in</strong>stitut<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong>fense procedures filed by Initiative,did not <strong>in</strong>stitute any proceed<strong>in</strong>gs for violation <strong>of</strong> the Law on FreeAccess to Information;• BIA neither respects the Law on Free Access to Information norcommissioners’ Supreme Court decisions1129 Ibid194