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State Report 16 October 2002 ACFC/SR(2002)003 REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 25, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES ______ (Received on 16 October 2002) ______ ACFC/SR(2002)003 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA FEDERAL MINISTRY OF NATIONAL AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES THE FIRST REPORT BY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES Submitted pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 1, of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Belgrade 2002 * * * 2 ACFC/SR(2002)003 THE FIRST REPORT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA Submitted pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 1, of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 3 ACFC/SR(2002)003 TABLE OF CONTENTS : PART I: INTRODUCTON ................................................................................................. 6 * * * PART II: GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................. 9 1. BASIC HISTORICAL FACTS...................................................................................9 2. BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC FACTS .......................................................................10 3. BASIC ECONOMIC INDICES............................................................................ 14 4. STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW .............................................................. 15 5. BASIC PROBLEMS.............................................................................................16 6. NEW MINORITY POLICY ................................................................................. 18 7. STATUS OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY.......................................................... 22 8. FEDERAL LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES (2002) .................................................................................. 23 * * * PART III : IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION................ 25 Article 1............................................................................................................................. 25 Article 2............................................................................................................................. 29 Article 3............................................................................................................................. 31 Article 4............................................................................................................................. 34 Article 5............................................................................................................................. 41 Article 6............................................................................................................................. 55 Article 7............................................................................................................................. 61 Article 8............................................................................................................................. 65 Article 9............................................................................................................................. 70 Article 10........................................................................................................................... 81 Article 11........................................................................................................................... 90 Article 12........................................................................................................................... 93 Article 13......................................................................................................................... 100 Article 14......................................................................................................................... 102 Article 15......................................................................................................................... 107 Article 16......................................................................................................................... 111 Article 17......................................................................................................................... 113 Article 18......................................................................................................................... 116 Article 19......................................................................................................................... 117 Article 20......................................................................................................................... 118 Article 21......................................................................................................................... 118 Article 22......................................................................................................................... 118 Article 23......................................................................................................................... 119 Article 30......................................................................................................................... 119 4 ACFC/SR(2002)003 * * * PART IV : APPENDIX I ................................................................................................121 Minority communities : Characteristics and basic data .................................................. 121 1. Minority communities Characteristics and basic data................................................121 A l b a n i a n s................................................................................................................. 121 B o s n i a c s / M u s l i m s ............................................................................................124 B u l g a r i a n s............................................................................................................... 125 B u n y e v t s i................................................................................................................. 127 C r o a t s ......................................................................................................................... 128 H u n g a r i a n s ............................................................................................................. 129 G e r m a n s .................................................................................................................... 134 R o m a n i a n s............................................................................................................... 135 R u t h e n i a n s.............................................................................................................. 137 R o m a ............................................................................................................................ 138 S l o v a k s ...................................................................................................................... 142 U k r a i n i a n s .............................................................................................................. 145 V l a c h s......................................................................................................................... 145 Smaller minority communities contributing to FR Yugoslavia's multiculturalism ........146 2. Regulations governing, or related to, the status of national minorities....................... 148 APPENDIX II : THE MOST IMPORTANT RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN THE LOCAL LAWS ...............................................................................................................148 1) CONSTITUTIONS..................................................................................................... 148 2) CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA................ 148 3) CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA...............................................152 4) CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO................................. 155 4) LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO ........... 202 * * * 5 ACFC/SR(2002)003 PART I: INTRODUCTON 1. Pursuant to the provision of Article 29, paragraph 1, of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (hereinafter: the Framework Convention), FR Yugoslavia was invited by the Council of Ministers to become a Contracting Party to the Framework Convention. Yugoslavia’s becoming a member of the Framework Convention should present one of the first steps toward its membership in the Council of Europe. In response to that invitation, Yugoslavia became a Contracting Party to the Framework Convention on May 11, 2001, and, in accordance with the provision of Article 29, paragraph 2, of that document, it came into force for Yugoslavia on September 1, 2001. Pursuant to the provision of Article 25, paragraph 1, of the Framework Convention, the Contracting Parties are obliged, within a year from its coming into force, to submit to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe full information on legislative and other measures undertaken for the application of the principles enshrined in the Framework Convention. In the case of Yugoslavia, that report (hereinafter: the Report) is due on September 1, 2002, i.e., a year after the Framework Convention came into force for FR Yugoslavia. Thus, this Report is being submitted within the prescribed
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