Criminal Law

11.September 2025 MLJ

Rape "light": Serbian demeaning of the crime of rape

The parties in power are again trying to introduce an easier form of rape through changes to the Criminal Code. In principle: he kissed her a little without her consent, it's not really that bad

Justice

11.October 2024 Bojan Bednar

Amendment of the Criminal Code: Whoever calls for a protest could go to prison

The draft amendment to the Criminal Code stipulates that anyone can be criminally charged if they share content through social networks that potentially contains information to commit a criminal offense, for example at a protest with roadblocks. "Such a provision is unreasonable", says lawyer Srefan Ćorda for "Vreme" and hopes that it will be removed. And that's not all that's eye-popping

Revenge pornography and digital violence against women

19.June 2024 Mila Jovanovic

The last hole in the pipe of institutions and laws

Posting intimate photos and videos without the victim's consent has been around as long as social media. However, the Criminal Code in Serbia still does not recognize revenge pornography as a criminal offense. That is why numerous applications for this type of digital violence end up untouched in the drawers or rejected because the competent authorities believe that there is no reasonable suspicion that a criminal offense has been committed.

Personal attitude

14.December 2023 Nemanja Nenadic

Voter bribery and illegal campaign financing as crimes

Although the illegal financing of parties is a form of corruption, its prosecution is not carried out by special anti-corruption prosecution departments and the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime, but by general jurisdiction prosecutors. There is no possibility to apply special techniques in investigations