Consequences of not Recognizing the Status of Client in Confiscation of Property and/or Compensation Cover Image

Posledice nepriznavanja svojstva korisnika oduzete imovine i/ili obeštećenja
Consequences of not Recognizing the Status of Client in Confiscation of Property and/or Compensation

Author(s): Stevan Lilić, Slobodanka Popović
Subject(s): Civil Law
Published by: HESPERIAedu
Keywords: The Law on Returning of Confiscated Property and Compensation RS; restitution; confiscated property; compensation; state; Serbia; Agency for Restitution

Summary/Abstract: The Law on Returning of Confiscated Property and Compensation of the Republic of Serbia (2011) does not precisely stipulate certain cases confiscation to persons which have not been granted the status of client as inheritors of the former property owner who have submitted compensation requests. As the goal of this Law is to render justice to persons whose property has been confiscated by repressive means of the state, the burden of proof on the return of the property should be on the state, and not on the citizen submitting the compensation request. Bearing this in mind, this Law needs to be amended to include precise stipulations stating that the property needs to treated as a total entity following the death of the owner, in the sense that the property should be returned as a total entity, i.e. financially compensated in total to inheritors which have submitted compensation requests and who have been granted status of client.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 155-159
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Serbian