Amendments to the Serbian Law on Prohibition of Discrimination: A step forward?

The amendment to the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination ("Official Gazette of RS" No. 52/21) amended and supplemented almost half of the provisions of the general anti-discrimination law of Serbia, in order to harmonize with European Union and domestic laws. This paper examines the legal...

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Main Authors: Rašević Živorad, Vlajnić Jelena
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Language:English
Published: Visoka poslovna škola strukovnih studija Prof. dr Radomir Bojković, Kruševac 2022-01-01
Series:Trendovi u Poslovanju
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-816X/2022/2334-816X2201109R.pdf
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description The amendment to the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination ("Official Gazette of RS" No. 52/21) amended and supplemented almost half of the provisions of the general anti-discrimination law of Serbia, in order to harmonize with European Union and domestic laws. This paper examines the legal justification and expediency of this intervention of the legislator and assesses the extent to which the accepted novelties have improved protection against discrimination. The results of the research indicate positive prospects, mainly due to the specifying of provisions, the expansion of the scope of antidiscrimination law and the authority of the Commissioner for the protection of equality, the clarification of the concepts of discrimination and affirmative action, the tightening of penal policy, and the recognition of statistical records as evidence. However, the realisation of these positive effects seems dubious, because the opportunity to concretize concepts of the binding anti-discrimination law of the Council of Europe and the Constitution of Serbia was missed.
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spelling doaj-art-96f486419f0f4dc99aa6e3e161cad6ae2025-02-10T19:38:26ZengVisoka poslovna škola strukovnih studija Prof. dr Radomir Bojković, KruševacTrendovi u Poslovanju2334-816X2334-83562022-01-0110110911710.5937/trendpos2201109R2334-816X2201109RAmendments to the Serbian Law on Prohibition of Discrimination: A step forward?Rašević Živorad0Vlajnić Jelena1Visoka škola za poslovnu ekonomiju i preduzetništvo, Beograd, SerbiaVisoka škola za poslovnu ekonomiju i preduzetništvo, Beograd, SerbiaThe amendment to the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination ("Official Gazette of RS" No. 52/21) amended and supplemented almost half of the provisions of the general anti-discrimination law of Serbia, in order to harmonize with European Union and domestic laws. This paper examines the legal justification and expediency of this intervention of the legislator and assesses the extent to which the accepted novelties have improved protection against discrimination. The results of the research indicate positive prospects, mainly due to the specifying of provisions, the expansion of the scope of antidiscrimination law and the authority of the Commissioner for the protection of equality, the clarification of the concepts of discrimination and affirmative action, the tightening of penal policy, and the recognition of statistical records as evidence. However, the realisation of these positive effects seems dubious, because the opportunity to concretize concepts of the binding anti-discrimination law of the Council of Europe and the Constitution of Serbia was missed.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-816X/2022/2334-816X2201109R.pdfanti-discrimination protectioneuropan union lawcouncil of europe lawcommissioner for the protection of equality
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Amendments to the Serbian Law on Prohibition of Discrimination: A step forward?
Trendovi u Poslovanju
anti-discrimination protection
europan union law
council of europe law
commissioner for the protection of equality
title Amendments to the Serbian Law on Prohibition of Discrimination: A step forward?
title_full Amendments to the Serbian Law on Prohibition of Discrimination: A step forward?
title_fullStr Amendments to the Serbian Law on Prohibition of Discrimination: A step forward?
title_full_unstemmed Amendments to the Serbian Law on Prohibition of Discrimination: A step forward?
title_short Amendments to the Serbian Law on Prohibition of Discrimination: A step forward?
title_sort amendments to the serbian law on prohibition of discrimination a step forward
topic anti-discrimination protection
europan union law
council of europe law
commissioner for the protection of equality
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-816X/2022/2334-816X2201109R.pdf
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