BOSNIAN LANGUAGE IN OFFICIAL USE IN SERBIA: (BOSNIAKS’ ACHIEVEMENT THE RIGHT TO BOSNIAN LANGUAGE USAGE IN COURT, POLICE, PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN SERBIA) Cover Image

Bosanski jezik u službenoj upotrebi u Srbiji: (Ostvarivanje prava Bošnjaka u Srbiji na upotrebu bosanskog jezika u sudu, policiji, tužilaštvu i obrazovnom sistemu)
BOSNIAN LANGUAGE IN OFFICIAL USE IN SERBIA: (BOSNIAKS’ ACHIEVEMENT THE RIGHT TO BOSNIAN LANGUAGE USAGE IN COURT, POLICE, PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN SERBIA)

Author(s): Alen Duraković, Sabahudin Hajdarević
Subject(s): Public Administration, South Slavic Languages, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Bošnjačka zajednica kulture "Preporod"
Keywords: Bosnian language; Bosniaks; discrimination; court; police; public institutions;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is the research that has the aim to determine and present the current state of Bosnian language usage in public institutions (in our case we deals with police, prosecutor’s office, court and education). After the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, the Law on the official use of languages and scripts in the Republic of Serbia, the Criminal Law of the Republic of Serbia and official voting in local assemblies and incorporating the municipal statutes in Sandžak municipalities (Prijepolje, Sjenica, Novi Pazar and Tutin) there was a problem of its implementation in public and the educational system of the Republic of Serbia. The paper will give a short section of implementation, problems and needs, on the basis of official documents and researches that have been reached. The paper is based on the Serbian Constitution, ratified international charters, the real situation and the problems that Bosniaks as a nation (in the case of Serbia they are defined as a national minority) have in achievement their constitutionally guaranteed human rights and freedoms.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-58
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bosnian