Yugoslavia Monday abolished the death penalty, when...

Yugoslavia Monday abolished the death penalty, when the lower house of parliament adopted a revised penal code that had last been overhauled in 1977, Tanjug news agency reported.
The Chamber of Citizens of Yugoslavia's Federal parliament voted to replace capital punishment in the new 600-article Criminal Code with a prison sentence of forty years.
Justice Minister Savo Markovic said that the adoption of this amendment would help in Yugoslavia's integration in the international community.
The Chamber of Citizens also adopted an amendment to the Yugoslav Criminal Code which allows the extradition of Yugoslav citizens to international courts with which Yugoslavia has a ratified agreement.
MPs said that the regulations apply to the International Criminal Court, which is in the process of being established.
Belgrade's cooperation with the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will become part of a specific future law.
Both amendments to the Criminal Code had already been passed in the Chamber of Republics, the Federal Parliament's other chamber.