The progress made and the shortcomings of the criminal justice system
The progress made and the shortcomings of the criminal justice system

Author(s): Tanja Drobnjak, Vanja Macanović, Tanja Ignjatović
Subject(s): Politics, Gender Studies, Criminal Law, Sociology, Criminology, Victimology, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: prEUnup Coalition
Keywords: Council of Europe Convention; Criminal Code amendments 2016; Violence against women; Domestic violence; Serbia; EU; Chapter 23
Summary/Abstract: The Republic of Serbia has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, thus assuming the obligation to take all legislative and other measures to prosecute and sanction violence against women in an efficient and effective manner. Harmonization of the normative framework in the field of criminal substantive law is one of the key obligations, bearing in mind the importance of criminal-legal protection, the adequate incrimination of all forms of violence against women as defined by the Convention, as well as the imposition of adequate sanctions and measures. The compliance study of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia and the binding standards of the Convention is guided by the importance of an adequate legal framework in the area of criminal substantive law, particularly after the amendments to the Criminal Code adopted in November 2016. The aim of the Study is to point to the most important changes resulting from the adoption of these amendments to the Criminal Code, the degree of compliance with the existing obligations taken on with the ratification of the Convention, and particularly the key segments of criminal-legal protection that still deviate from the standards of the Convention, either as a result of inadequate changes or absence of any changes in the law.

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