CRI(2008)25 Report on Serbia Adopted on 14 December 2007 Strasbourg, 29 April 2008 For further information about the work of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and about the other activities of the Council of Europe in this field, please contact: Secretariat of ECRI Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Council of Europe F - 67075 STRASBOURG Cedex Tel.: +33 (0) 3 88 41 29 64 Fax: +33 (0) 3 88 41 39 87 E-mail:
[email protected] Visit our web site: www.coe.int/ecri Report on Serbia TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD .................................................................................................................. 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................ 6 SECTION I: OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION .......................................................... 7 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ............................................................................ 7 CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND OTHER BASIC PROVISIONS........................................ 8 - The Constitution .......................................................................................... 8 - Law on Churches and Religious Communities ........................................... 9 - Law on the Restitution of Property to Churches and Religious Communities ............................................................................................. 11 CRIMINAL LAW PROVISIONS ........................................................................................