CRIMINAL LAW SANCTIONING OF DISCRIMINATION

Authors

  • Jelena Ž. Šuput Институт за упоредно право Београд

Keywords:

discrimination, criminal law, penalties, violation of equality

Abstract

All contemporary national legislations contains anti-discriminations` measures which have been prescribed by a special anti-discriminations` laws, and by other regulations governing a certain area (eg. labor legislation). Discrimination is a social dangerous behavior, which could be preceded by the execution of the other crimes. Because of that, national legislation prescribes the criminal penalties fot the violations of the prohibition of discrimination as the one of the fundamental principles of human rights and freedoms. The Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia are prescribed two crimes: vioaltion of the equality and racial and other discrimination.

In this paper are analyzed the relationship beetwen above metnioned crimes and attitude of the offences of racial and other discrimination and inciting national, racial and religious harted and intolerance. In Addition, are given the proposals for the legislative change due to possible dilemmas that can be generated when applying the provisions of the Criminal Code, which prescribes the crimes alleged.

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Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Ž. Šuput, J. . (2015). CRIMINAL LAW SANCTIONING OF DISCRIMINATION. KULTURA POLISA, 12(1), 127–140. Retrieved from https://kpolisa.com/index.php/kp/article/view/1102

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