<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
<strong>Implementation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transitional</strong> <strong>Laws</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong> <strong>2006</strong>One crim<strong>in</strong>al charge was filed to the District Public Prosecutor’s Offices<strong>in</strong> Kragujevac 1152 , Krusevac 1153 and Leskovac 1154 and all were dismissed.One crim<strong>in</strong>al charge was also filed to the District Public Prosecutor’sOffices <strong>in</strong> Jagod<strong>in</strong>a 1155 and Pancevo 1156 . In the memorandum sent to us bythe District Court <strong>in</strong> Jagod<strong>in</strong>a, it is stated that a crim<strong>in</strong>al charge was filedaga<strong>in</strong>st Kostad<strong>in</strong>ovic Bojan, Kitanovic Predrag, Sorlic Ljubise, StojanovicIvan, Rasic Zivad<strong>in</strong>, Sorlic Ivica, all from Trnava, and aga<strong>in</strong>st Vasic Sasafrom Jagod<strong>in</strong>a on the suspicion <strong>of</strong> committ<strong>in</strong>g this crim<strong>in</strong>al act 1157 . Afteran <strong>in</strong>vestigation was conducted, it was determ<strong>in</strong>ed that they had committedthe crim<strong>in</strong>al act <strong>of</strong> “endanger<strong>in</strong>g safety” 1158 . The District Court <strong>in</strong> Pancevohad, after conduct<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>vestigation, raised an <strong>in</strong>dictment aga<strong>in</strong>st twopersons, on the suspicion <strong>of</strong> committ<strong>in</strong>g this crim<strong>in</strong>al act 1159 .Two crim<strong>in</strong>al charges were filed to the District Public Prosecutor’s Offices<strong>in</strong> Negot<strong>in</strong> 1160 and Valjevo 1161 . The Negot<strong>in</strong> Prosecutor’s Office dismissedthe charges immediately, and the other was, at that time, still <strong>in</strong> the phase <strong>of</strong>obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g notifications 1162 , while the Prosecution <strong>in</strong> Valjevo dismissed one<strong>of</strong> the charges, and raised an <strong>in</strong>dictment on the other 1163 .Three crim<strong>in</strong>al charges were filed to the District Public Prosecutor’s Offices<strong>in</strong> Uzice 1164 , Nis 1165 , Pozarevac 1166 and Sombor 1167 . The Prosecution <strong>in</strong> Uzicetransferred two charges to the Municipal Prosecution’s Office, becauseTihomir Djordjevic1152 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Kragujevac from November 8 th , 2005, number A 380/05,signed by Slavoljub Dimitrijevic – Deputy Public Prosecutor1153 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Krusevac from November 4 th , 2005, number KTR 417/05,signed by Radmila Jovanovic – Public Prosecutor1154 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Leksovac from August 30 th , 2005, number A 127/05, signedby Edvarda Jer<strong>in</strong> – Public Prosecutor1155 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Jagod<strong>in</strong>a from August 31 st , 2005, number A 133/05, signed byGoran Busarcevic – Public Prosecutor1156 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Pancevo from September 12 th , 2005, number KTR 306/05,signed by Niskanovic Milan – Public Prosecutor1157 See above under 11551158 The Crim<strong>in</strong>al Code, Article 67, Paragraph 2, see above 6111159 See above under 11561160 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Negot<strong>in</strong> from September 16 th , 2005, number A 102/2005,signed by Miroslav Sozentic – Public Prosecutor1161 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Valjevo from September 5 th , 2005, number A 107/05, signedby Zlatko Sulovic – Public Prosecutor1162 See above under 11601163 See above under 11611164 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Uzice from November 3 rd , 2005, number A 110/05, signed byBlazenko Vesnic – Deputy Public Prosecutor1165 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Niš from September 21 st , 2005, number A 158/05, signed bySvetlana Savovic – Public Prosecutor1166 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Pozarevac from September 1 st , 2005, number A 47/05, signedby Dragan Petrovic – Public Prosecutor1167 Report <strong>of</strong> the District Prosecutor’s Office <strong>in</strong> Sombor from September 2 nd , 2005, number A 49/05, signedby Borislav Krujakov – Public Prosecutor201