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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Develop a comprehensive strategy and action plan to eliminate all forms of gender-based violence against women.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:LuxembourgLuxembourgRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Develop a comprehensive strategy and an action plan aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, in particular by combating gender stereotypes.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to provide inclusive education for all, especially girls, minorities, and students with disabilities.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:CyprusCyprusRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupEUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Prevent and combat sexual and gender violence, collect disaggregated data on all forms of violence including in cases of femicide.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt measures to fully apply the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, bearing in mind the gender wage gap. -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen the measures to prevent all forms of violence against women, in particular domestic violence, and strengthen the legal protection of women against discrimination and all forms of violence. -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:[CRC] remained concerned that Roma mothers and young children were particularly vulnerable and continued to have limited access to adequate maternal and general health care, resulting in high mortality rates, early births and low rates of immunization against childhood diseases. [Para 48] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:ECPAT-International recommended that Serbia define and criminalise “child pornography”, in line with the definitions contained in the international and regional legal instruments, define and criminalise “virtual child pornography”, and establish extraterritorial jurisdiction in those cases where the alleged offender is a habitual resident in Serbia and has allegedly committed an offence abroad. [Para 64] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:N/AContents:Since the mid-term report, the R Serbia has fulfilled all its obligations towards UN
treaty bodies:
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submitted reports: Report on the Implementation of the Four Priority Recommendations8
from the Concluding Observations of the CEDAW Committee Pertaining to the Fourth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the CEDAW Convention (April 2021); ... Fourth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the ICCPR (July 2021) and Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports on the Implementation of the CRC (May 2022).
• presented reports: ... Third Periodic Report on the Implementation of the ICESCR
(February 2022). [Para 24]
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:N/AContents:The Family Law (2005), Article 10, paragraph 1, prohibits domestic violence. Provisions of Article 197, paragraph 1, define domestic violence as a conduct of a family member which endangers physical integrity, mental health or tranquillity of another family member.
According to Article 198 of the Family Law, the following measures may be taken against a family member who commits violence: issuing warrants for moving out of a family flat or house regardless of the property or leasehold right; issuing warrants for moving into a family flat or house regardless of the property or leasehold right; restraining order; prohibition of access to the space surrounding the place of residence or a working place of a victim; prohibition of the further harassment of a victim.
Since this is a newly-fledged legal institution within legal family protection, special provisions of Articles 283-289 of the Family Law foresee the procedure of implementing these measures. This procedure is characterized by urgency, derogation from the disposition principle as well as the principle that an appeal does not delay its execution.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Reference AddressedContents:UNICEF and the United Nations country team recommended ratifying the OP-ICESCR. [Para 3]
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS1 recommended Serbia to put in place targeted measures to increase the economic activity and employment of women, particularly younger women and women from multiply marginalized social groups, especially Roma women, women with disabilities and rural women. [Para 72]
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:UNICEF also urged Serbia to strengthen monitoring and child safeguarding mechanisms to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse outside of formal learning environments. [Para 84]
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Carry out necessary measures, including legislative amendments, to ensure that all persons born in Serbia have access to birth registration regardless of the status of their parents.ImplementationNational Report Annex:
The fact of birth is entered into registries regardless of whether it is a child whose parents are known or not, a child without parental care, adopted child or child whose parents have no documents.
In addition to the improved normative framework (Law on Registries, amendments to the Law on Republic Administrative Fees and amendments to the Law on Extrajudicial Proceedings) systematically providing for the exercise of rights in this field of personal status, the resolution of this issue was significantly contributed to by activities under the implementation of an Agreement between the Ombudsman and line ministries with the support of the UN High Commissariat for Refugees. These agreements served to establish a mechanism for the cooperation of state bodies, the non-government sector and international organizations, providing positive results and ensuring improved exercise of rights of members of the Roma national minority for entry into the registry of births and exercise of rights based on the personal status of citizens.
The amendments to the Law on Extrajudicial Proceedings and the implementation of the agreement made it possible to resolve the issue of personal documents within the period relevant for this report for more than 25, 000 persons of Roma nationality.
The highest number of requests for subsequent entry of the fact of birth into the registry of births was received in 2009 - 9,573 and 2010 - 7,996 requests. During 2011 the number of requests was 774, in 2012 it was 1,552, in 2013 there were 784 requests, in 2014 there were 419 requests for subsequent entry of the fact of birth into the registry, in 2105 there were 1,072 requests for subsequent entry of the fact of birth into the registry resolved, and in 2016 there were 1,330 requests under the procedure of subsequent entry of the fact of birth into the registry of births, as well as 2,807 requests on the procedure of renewing the entry of the fact of birth into the registry of births. Other entries into the registry of births during the above years were conducted within the legal deadline for registering this fact.
Likewise, a certain number of persons unable to prove the fact of birth under an administrative procedure have made use of the right of entry into the registry of births in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Extrajudicial proceedings (establishing the time and place of birth). According to data obtained from the Ministry of Justice, in 2014 there were 149 proposals for establishing the time and place of birth resolved, in 2015 - 264, in 2016 - 291 proposal for establishing the time and place of birth.
Regarding the above number of resolved requests, it is impossible to disaggregate the cases related to Roma national minority members, since the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia guarantees the freedom of expression of national affiliation, as well as the lack of obligation to do so, therefore the registry of births does not contain data on national affiliation.
Likewise, in addition to the improved normative framework providing a systematic way for exercising rights in this area of personal status, a significant contribution to resolving this issue was provided by activities under the implementation of the Agreement on Understanding concluded in 2012 between the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, the Ombudsman and United Nations High Commissariat for Refugees - Office in Serbia, serving as a basis for the cooperation of all competent state bodies, the non-government sector and international organizations, resulting in a significant improvement of the exercise of the right of entry into the registry of births, as well as other rights from the area of personal status (such as the right to citizenship, the right to personal name, ID card, registration of residence, etc.)
This agreement was implemented on 31 December 2016, with all participants in the process assessing that all the measures and activities achieved to date under the cooperation of all relevant bodies have contributed to fully overcoming the problems in exercising the right to entry into the registry of births, as well as other rights under the personal status of citizens.
The introduction of the “Welcome, baby, to the world” service in April 2016 simplified the procedure of entering babies in the birth registry, the registration of citizenship and residence, as well as electronic registration for health insurance, while the baby is still at the birth centre.
Activities aimed at implementing the recommendation are being continuously implemented.
UN Compilation:
Para 36) CRC was concerned that there were currently approximately 8,500 persons who had not been registered at birth, with the vast majority declaring themselves as Roma. It was concerned that those people had limited access to the enjoyment of basic rights, including to health care, education and social protection.
Para 88) The UN country team stated that there were about 2,400 persons at risk of statelessness in Serbia, of whom several hundred lacked birth registration. An overwhelming proportion of those were Roma.
Para 89) The Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons indicated that a considerable proportion of Roma internally displaced persons did not have birth certificates. UNHCR stated that Serbia had adopted new legislation that simplified subsequent birth registration and procedures related to registration of residence. It welcomed efforts to find solutions to problems relating to access to late birth registration, which had resulted in a significant decrease in the number of Roma at risk of statelessness in the country.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 87) JS2 stated that the groups most at risk of statelessness were those who were not registered in the birth registry, … ERRC highlighted the lack of birth registration documents for many Roma in Serbia, stemming from social exclusion, discrimination and forced movement in the 1990s and recommended that Serbia amend the Law on Registries to ensure that all births are registered immediately.
Para 88) JS3 affirmed there was still no legally binding instrument that would provide Roma children born from undocumented mother to be registered in birth registry books immediately after birth.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Redouble efforts to combat all forms of violence against women and adopt policies on education and awareness-raising in this area.ImplementationNational Report Annex:
The program for professional development of police officers for 2017 continues the implementation of the instructional unit which content consists of the following topics: manifestation forms of domestic violence; family members under the Criminal Code; general principles for protection of women victims of domestic and intimate partnership violence; reporting domestic and intimate partnership violence against women by telephone; sending and arrival of police officers to the place of domestic and intimate partnership violence against women; the most common risks; documenting events; statements of support for victims of domestic and intimate partnership violence against women; cooperation with other institutions and institutions dealing with domestic and intimate partnership violence against women.
For the purpose of standardization and uniform implementation of this thematic area, the Department for Vocational Training - the Training Implementation Unit developed a manual and presentation that are fully compatible with the instruction content of the topic.
The Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence provides for two urgent measures: the urgent measure of removing the perpetrator of the violence from the apartment and the urgent measure of forbidding the perpetrator to contact and approach the victim. Urgent measures are imposed by a police officer for prevention of domestic violence and can last for 48 hours, and can be imposed cumulatively. The public prosecutor, in case of establishing the existence of a direct threat of domestic violence, is obliged to submit a motion to extend the emergency measure. The court evaluates the risk assessment of the competent police officer, the risk assessment made by the basic public prosecutor and assesses the evidence and claims submitted by the public prosecutor. Urgent measures can be extended by court decision for another 30 days. On the proposal of the basic public prosecutor, the basic court shall decide within 24 hours of receiving the submission and without holding a hearing. The law contains penal provisions that prescribe violations and greater effectiveness of urgent measures and measures of protection against domestic violence is achieved.
At the level of the Government, the Council for Suppression of Domestic Violence has been established, which is tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Law and improving the coordination of competent state bodies, institutions and other entities, and the effectiveness of preventing domestic violence and protection against domestic violence.
The Provincial Secretariat for Health Care, in partnership with the Women's Support Centre from Kikinda, has been implementing a three-year project, "Stop - Protect - Help", since January 2016. The project is intended for women in the situation of violence and potential victims, professionals in all sectors at all levels of authority, women's organizations and the entire population on the territory of the province.
Starting from the obligations of the state provided for by the Istanbul Convention as well as the measures provided for in the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Strategy for the Prevention and Protection against Discrimination, CBGE initiated the adoption of the National Strategy for the Prevention and Suppression of Domestic and Intimate Partnership Violence against Women and Girls for the period 2017-2020. For the analysis of the previous strategy and development of a new one, as well as for the implementation of numerous awareness-raising activities, the necessary funding was provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) within the project "Integrated Response to Violence against Women and Girls II". The project began in July 2016 and will last until July 2018, with a total value of $ 940,000. The project has been implemented in cooperation with all UN agencies in Serbia and relevant line ministries. Its implementation will contribute to the further development of the social and institutional environment in Serbia with zero tolerance for violence.
In order to encourage women to report cases of domestic and sexual violence by raising awareness about the criminal nature of such actions, the Ministry of Justice organized a national media campaign of raising awareness called "Off Violence".
There are safe houses managed by centres for social work in Kragujevac, Leskovac, Priboj, Smederevo, Vranje, Jagodina, Šabac, Niš and Majdanpek. In AP Vojvodina, there are 5 safe houses, managed by centres for social work, with total capacity for 122 persons: Novi Sad; Zrenjanin, Sombor, Pančevo and Sremska Mitrovica. In the past period, the Provincial Government, in cooperation with the B92 Fund, supported the construction and equipping of safe houses in Zrenjanin, Pančevo, Sombor and Sremska Mitrovica with a total of 22,500,000RSD.
Since 2011 the City of Belgrade, recognizing the importance of a shelter service for women victims of domestic violence, has provided financial support to the civil society organization Counselling against Domestic Violence in Belgrade, which has three safe houses for women victims of domestic violence. By introducing the service of providing shelter for women victims of domestic violence into the normative framework of the city of Belgrade, which defines the conditions for exercising rights and services in the field of social protection, the basis for the implementation of the public procurement procedure of the service has been established in accordance with the Law on Social Protection and the Decision on Rights and Social Protection Services. The service was formally established by the public procurement in early 2016, when a contract for providing the service was concluded with the licensed organization Counselling Centre against Domestic Violence in Belgrade. The accommodation capacity of the Counselling Centre is 30 women and children, 24 hours a day. The costs of this service are fully covered by funds from the budget of the City of Belgrade provided for each current year, the service is free for women victims of violence.
UN Compilation:
Para 56) The UN country team noted that girls and women in Serbia were still frequently exposed to gender-based violence, such as violence in family and partner relationships, sexual harassment and rape.
Para 57) The UN country team noted the adoption in 2016 of a law on the prevention of domestic violence, as well as amendments to provisions of the Criminal Code on rape and related non-consensual sex, stalking, sexual harassment, forced marriage and genital mutilation.
Para 58) CEDAW remained concerned about the increasing number of women murdered by their husbands, ex-husbands or partners and the significant disparity among the number of police interventions, the number of criminal charges filed and the number of persons convicted of domestic violence against women.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 8) POC stated that the protection of women against violence was not efficient enough.
Para 58) JS4 underscored the high number of women murdered in the context of domestic and intimate partner violence. It asserted that the State had no system for monitoring and analysing this phenomenon, a new National Strategy to prevent all forms of violence against women 2016-2020 had not been adopted, and a systematic approach to combatting stereotypes and discrimination of women, promotion of gender equality and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls in the education system, had not been established.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:VietnamVietnamRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Further strengthen the rule of law and institutions to enforce social cohesion, tolerance and equality in order to exhaustively guarantee human rights for its people, in particular those of vulnerable groups such as women ...ImplementationNational Report Annex:
On August 31, 2013, the Government of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Action Plan for the implementation of the National Strategy for Judicial Reform for the period 2013-2018 which foresees concrete measures and activities for achieving strategic goals, defines deadlines and competent entities for their implementation, as well as funding sources.
The Strategy sets out five basic reform principles that include the promotion of independence, impartiality and quality of justice, expertise, accountability and efficiency of the judiciary system. Activities aimed at implementing the recommendation are being continuously implemented.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:NeglectedContents:CAT was concerned about cross-border trafficking in women for sexual and other exploitative purposes, the low number of prosecutions, and the decrease in the minimum penalties to three years of imprisonment. It recommended that Serbia prosecute and punish perpetrators, provide redress and reintegration services to victims, and raise awareness and train law-enforcement officials, migration officials and border police. [Para 42] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:While noting that there is lack of a definition and prohibition of child prostitution in Serbian national legislation, ECPAT recommended that Serbia provide a clear definition of child prostitution in its national legislation in line with its international obligations under the OP-CRC-SC and explicitly prohibit and criminalize conducts related to child prostitution. [Para 24] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Adopt a comprehensive law on legal gender recognition and secure trans and intersex affirming healthcare, in line with international human rights standards and best practices, as well as adopting the law on same-sex partnership that was finalized in 2021.
ExplanationThe recommendation is duly noted in the part relating to adoption of a law on same-sex partnership with the explanation stated in the recommendation 131.49. … The same-sex partnerships have not been legally regulated in the Republic of Serbia, and such legal regulation would imply the systemic resolving of a completely new legal institute, which by all means requires time and serious, systematic and analytical approach. Bearing in mind the new character of this institute and its contents, in respect of which there is no unified practice or standards on the international level, in respect of which the comparative legal solutions are significantly differing, it will be necessary to achieve a broad social consensus with various social subjects in respect of that issue. In addition to that, it is necessary to seriously analyse the effects of such regulations in other spheres of the law and other legal regulations, as well as the scope of their harmonisation, which, taken all together, requires certain time to be done.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:SyriaSyriaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to combat domestic violence.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:MalawiMalawiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to take steps to promote gender equality.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:DjiboutiDjiboutiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen the mechanisms for preventing and combating gender-based violence, particularly domestic violence, in accordance with the National Strategy for the Prevention and Repression of Violence against Women and violence in the family and conjugal sphere for the period 2021–2025.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Revise and endorse the revisions of the Family Law, the Criminal Code and the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence to secure a full ban on child marriage.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:LatviaLatviaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Take all necessary measures to eliminate gender stereotypes in the family and society, including education and employment.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- HIV and AIDS
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen measures to combat all forms of social stigmatization, discrimination and violence against persons based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and HIV status.