FEMICID I NAČELO DUŽNE PAŽNJE
FEMICIDE AND THE DUE DILIGENCE STANDARD

Summary/Abstract: Femicide is characterized by a number of specific features which set it apart from the other forms of murder and it is closely linked to the phenomenon of gender-based violence, so that it calls for the implementation of specific measures of prevention and reaction. The killing of women in Serbia is also a growing and dangerous problem. The principle of due diligence obliges states to do everything in their power to prevent femicide, and also to prosecute and punish the perpetrators of this heinous crime. The principle of due diligence regarding femicide has not been given the due consideration in Serbia, so the subject of this paper is the analysis of state obligations in relation to that principle. Special emphasis is placed on the practice of the European Court of Human Rights and the judgements in favor of the victims in cases when states have breached the principle of due diligence. The aim of this paper is to set aside recommendations that could improve the practice in Serbia

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