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
- SEPTEMBER 22, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 22, thousands of citizens protested in...
On September 22, thousands of citizens protested in Prishtina, demanding the release of 7,000 Albanians being held as prisoners of war in Serbian prisons
- JULY 15, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, the ICTY's Appeals Chamber found Dusko...
On July 15, the ICTY's Appeals Chamber found Dusko Tadic additionally guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 6 counts of grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, one count of a violation of the laws or customs of war and one c
- MAY 7, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 7, Zlatko Aleksovski was found guilty by the...
On May 7, Zlatko Aleksovski was found guilty by the ICTY by virtue of both his individual and superior criminal responsibility on one count of a violation of the laws or customs of war, and sentenced to 2 years' and 6 months' imprisonment by Trial Chamber
- MARCH 28, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 28, Serbia's Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic...
On March 28, Serbia's Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic wrote to the competent Yugoslav federal bodies proposing that the Federal Government facilitate criminal procedures in times of war, in view of NATO's aggression
- MARCH 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In March 1999, 5 Albanian leaders from Kosovo were...
In March 1999, 5 Albanian leaders from Kosovo were executed by shooting
- JANUARY 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In Yugoslavia the death penalty is applied for aggravated...
In Yugoslavia the death penalty is applied for aggravated murder
- JANUARY 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Sentencing at the International Criminal Tribunal for...
Sentencing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia The Statute of the International Tribunal (ICTY) categorically excludes the possibility of the death penalty for war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated in the Former