ISSN 1452-6662
Over 180 up-to-date legal acts of the Republic of Serbia translated to English.
Group: RULE OF LAW (individual rights and law enforcement)
Issue: LAW ON ORGANISATION AND COMPETENCE OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN WAR CRIMES PROCEEDINGS
Published in the Službeni glasnik RS, Nos. 67/03 of 1 July 2003, 135/04 of 21 December 2004, 61/05 of 18 July 2005, 101/07 of 6 November 2007, 104/09 of 16 December 2009, 101/11 of 30 December 2011 (other law), 6/15 of 22 January 2015 and 10/23 of February 2023
Section: I BASIC PROVISIONS

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  • Article 1

    This Law shall govern the establishment, organisation, competence and authorisations of state authorities and their organisational units for the purpose of detection, criminal prosecution and trial for criminal offences set forth by this Law.

  • Article 2

    This Law shall be applied for the purpose of detection, criminal prosecution and trial for:

    1) criminal offences referred to in Articles 370 through 384 and Articles 385 and 386 of the Criminal Code;

    2) severe violations of the international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1 January 1991, which have been specified in the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia;

    3) criminal offence of aid to the perpetrator upon the committed criminal offence referred to in Article 333 of the Criminal Code if committed in relation to the criminal offences referred to in items 1) and 2) of this Article.

  • Article 3

    The state authorities of the Republic of Serbia specified by this Law shall be competent for governing the proceedings for the criminal offences referred to in Article 2 of this Law, which have been committed in the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, regardless of the citizenship of the perpetrator or the victim.