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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>consequences for the jo<strong>in</strong>ed life <strong>of</strong> nations and national m<strong>in</strong>orities liv<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong> SRJ, they will be punished by a prison sentence for a duration <strong>of</strong> one toeight years, and for the crim<strong>in</strong>al act <strong>in</strong> Paragraph two, by a prison sentence<strong>in</strong> the duration from one to ten years 1143 .The new Crim<strong>in</strong>al Code 1144 , <strong>in</strong> the part titled “Crim<strong>in</strong>al acts aga<strong>in</strong>stconstitutional structure and safety <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong> and SCG”anticipates the crim<strong>in</strong>al act <strong>of</strong> “Caus<strong>in</strong>g national, racial and religious hatredor <strong>in</strong>tolerance” 1145 . It is immediately conspicuous that the title was changed,by leav<strong>in</strong>g the word “discord” out from the title <strong>of</strong> this crim<strong>in</strong>al act. Theprevious law used the term “among nations and national m<strong>in</strong>orities”, andthe new one uses the term “among nations and ethnic communities”.Except for this, for the crim<strong>in</strong>al act from the first Paragraph, the prisonsentence <strong>of</strong> one to five years was anticipated, and accord<strong>in</strong>g to the new oneit is six months to five years. For committ<strong>in</strong>g a crim<strong>in</strong>al act from the thirdParagraph, the sentence was one to ten years <strong>in</strong> prison, and accord<strong>in</strong>g to thenew law it is two to ten years.District Prosecutor’s OfficesAccord<strong>in</strong>g to the results <strong>of</strong> the research, 66 crim<strong>in</strong>al charges which werealleged to have caused “racial, religious or national hatred or <strong>in</strong>tolerance”were filed <strong>in</strong> the District Public Prosecutor’s Offices <strong>in</strong> 2004 and 2005.Twenty four <strong>of</strong> these charges were dismissed immediately, and eight<strong>in</strong>dictments were raised. The other crim<strong>in</strong>al charges were <strong>in</strong> the process <strong>of</strong><strong>in</strong>vestigation at the time, obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g notifications or their jurisdictions weretransferred to Municipal Prosecutor’s Offices.No crim<strong>in</strong>al charges connected to this crim<strong>in</strong>al act were filed <strong>in</strong> the DistrictPublic Prosecutor’s Offices <strong>in</strong> Prokuplje 1146 , Smederevo 1147 , Zajecar 1148 ,Cacak 1149 , Kraljevo 1150 or Pirot 1151 .1143 Ibid, Paragraph 31144 See above under 6111145 Ibid, Article 3171146 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Prokuplje from September 12 th , 2005, number A 73/05, signedby Viseslav Bukumirovic – Public Prosecutor1147 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Smederevo from November 10 th , 2005, number A 64/05,signed by Dragoslav Markovic – Public Prosecutor1148 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Zaječar from November 7 th , 2005, number A 64/05, signedby Zor<strong>in</strong>a Zogovic – Public Prosecutor1149Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Cacak from September 21 st , 2005, number 163/05, signed byMiodrag Surla – Deputy Public Prosecutor1150 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Kraljevo from September 2 nd , 2005, number A 73/05, signedby Dragan Belcevic – Deputy Public Prosecutor1151Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Pirot from September 8 th , 2005, number A 71/05, signed by200

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