Serbia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- Republic
- CONSTITUTION
- November 10, 2006
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court; Supreme Court, appellate, district, and municipal courts
RELIGIONS
85% Serbian Orthodox, 3.2% Muslims, 5.5% Catholics, other
From the country
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
An advisor to the Yugoslav justice minister, Goran...
An advisor to the Yugoslav justice minister, Goran Tokic, said that the new Yugoslav Penal Code envisages the possible extradition of Yugoslav and foreign citizens to an international tribunal, which Yugoslavia has agreed to recognize
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
YUGOSLAVIA ABROGATES THE DEATH PENALTY
November 5, 2001: the Chamber of Citizens of Yugoslavia’s Federal parliament voted to replace capital punishment in the Criminal Code with a prison sentence of forty years.
- OCTOBER 25, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Chamber of the Republics of the Yugoslav parliament...
The Chamber of the Republics of the Yugoslav parliament passed a bill on criminal proceedings and changes and amendments to the Yugoslav Penal Law pertaining to abolishment of the death penalty and its substitution with 40 years in prison
- OCTOBER 23, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Belgrade district deputy prosecutor Nebojsa Maras requested...
Belgrade district deputy prosecutor Nebojsa Maras requested the death penalty for three people charged with killing Serbian warlord Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan early in 2000
- OCTOBER 20, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The president of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro,...
The president of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, Ratko Vukotic, is of the view that Montenegro "would not have had the death penalty had it been an independent state, since it would have been bound by European laws"
- OCTOBER 19, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Yugoslav government adopted draft annexes and amendments...
The Yugoslav government adopted draft annexes and amendments to the Yugoslav criminal law, abolishing the death penalty in the country's legislation, introducing instead a prison sentence of 40 years
- OCTOBER 12, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe warned the Yugoslav republic...
The Council of Europe warned the Yugoslav republic of Montenegro that it could be shut out of the organisation if it carries out a death sentence handed down to two of its citizens
- OCTOBER 12, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Montenegrin were condemned to death from a Podgorica...
Two Montenegrin were condemned to death from a Podgorica tribunal, as they killed a Slovenian citizen last February
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Yugoslavia could become a full member of the Council...
Yugoslavia could become a full member of the Council of Europe by June 2002, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Lord Russel Johnston said after visiting the Federal Yugoslav Parliament
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
A lawyer from the central Serbian town of Paracin was...
A lawyer from the central Serbian town of Paracin was sentenced to death for raping and murdering a 19-year old girl in 1996
- AUGUST 3, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Serbian Justice Ministry has drawn up draft amendments...
The Serbian Justice Ministry has drawn up draft amendments to the Penal Code of Serbia
- AUGUST 2, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague sentenced General Radislav Krstic to 46 years in prison for participating in the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in the Srebrenica enclave