Law on Gender Equality
The law, Official Gazette RS 52/2021, originally regulates equal opportunities based on sex and gender, public policies and duties of authorities and employers. This entry requires further legal review and remains a draft.
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The law, Official Gazette RS 52/2021, originally regulates equal opportunities based on sex and gender, public policies and duties of authorities and employers. This entry requires further legal review and remains a draft.
The law governs principles, party status, evidence, decisions, service, remedies and enforcement. Its current citation is 18/2016, 95/2018 — authentic interpretation and 2/2023 — Constitutional Court decision.
Governs the organisation of health care, health institutions and private practice, and professional conditions for providing services. It concerns patients, health professionals and providers responsible for lawful, quality care.
Regulates higher education institutions, studies, accreditation, funding and student status. It informs enrolment and study rights, including conditional coverage of part of paid tuition introduced in 2025.
Governs building management, use and maintenance, housing support and certain eviction and relocation procedures. It concerns owners, residential communities, managers, tenants and support applicants.
Governs ICT-system protection, risk management, operators’ responsibilities and incident response. The current 2025 law includes transitional institutional responsibilities and provisions applying from 2027.
Regulates integrated permits for covered industrial installations and joint control of air, water, land and waste impacts. The new 2026 law concerns operators and the interested public checking operating conditions.
Regulates election and termination of municipal and city councillors’ mandates, lists, voting and protection. Residents elect councillors; the law does not provide direct mayoral election.
Regulates municipalities and cities, their responsibilities, bodies, legal acts and oversight. It covers direct public participation, neighbourhood communities and transparency of local administration.
Regulates migration policy coordination, data and responsible institutions and local councils. It explains support and integration programmes but does not itself grant asylum or residence.
Regulates resource exploration and extraction, authorisations, mining infrastructure and supervision. It also helps landowners and communities understand a project’s particular phase and the obligations of the authorisation holder.
Law 72/2009, with Constitutional Court decision 20/2014 and amendments 55/2014 and 47/2018, regulates national councils. They exercise minority self-government in culture, education, information and official-language use.
Individual rights as short guides: what they mean, why they matter and where they fracture in reality.
The right of every person to have their rights, obligations, or charges decided by an independent and impartial court, in a process that is public, fair, and understandable.
The right of every person to think, speak, write, ask questions, criticize, and receive information without fear of censorship, pressure, or punishment for expressing an opinion.
The right of every person not to be excluded, humiliated, denied rights, or treated worse because of a personal characteristic, identity, origin, belief, or position in society.
The right of every person to live in an environment that does not endanger their health, dignity, or the future of their community.
The fundamental right of every person to have their life protected from violence, arbitrariness, negligence, and serious dangers that the state can and must prevent.
Every person has inherent worth and legal personality.