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159. The functions of the Office of the Prosecutor for the Defence of Human Rights include ensuring respect for and guarantee of human rights, investigating ex officio or following a complaint about human rights violations, monitoring the activities of the public administration in its dealings with individuals, issuing...
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162. The judicial function is exercised by the judicial body, i.e. the Supreme Court of Justice and its various chambers, the courts of second instance, the courts of first instance and the courts of peace. The judicial body has the exclusive power to judge and enforce judgements in constitutional, civil, criminal, com...
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167. The Office of the Procurator for the Defence of Human Rights, established by the 1992 Peace Accords, has constitutional status under articles 191, 192 and 194 of the Constitution and is a permanent and independent institution of the Public Prosecutor ' s Office, with its own legal personality and administrative au...
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169. The Act establishing the Office of the Procurator for the Defence of Human Rights was promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 183 of 20 February 1992, which defines the functions and constitutional powers of the institution and establishes its organization and functioning. The General State Budget provides for the f...
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172. The Office of the Procurator for the Defence of Human Rights functions throughout the national territory, either in person or through its representatives, and its headquarters are located in San Salvador.
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173. The Public Prosecutor for the Defence of Human Rights is elected by the Legislative Assembly by a qualified two-thirds majority for a period of three years and is eligible for re-election, incompatible with the exercise of another public office and with the exercise of his profession, except for activities of an e...
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The Office of the Procurator for the Defence of Human Rights has an extremely broad mandate to monitor the functioning of all governmental human rights institutions and has important means to promote and publicize human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, third-generation rights en...
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179. The Constitution contains basic rules on civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, guarantees of due process of law and the duties of the human person, which are compatible with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economi...
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181. The Constitution enshrines the principle that international instruments become domestic laws as soon as they enter into force, in accordance with their provisions and those of the Constitution. Thus, treaties duly concluded and ratified form an integral part of the Salvadoran legal order.
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182. The Constitution also gives treaties the same hierarchical rank as secondary laws, whether before or after the entry into force of the treaties in question. However, the same norm provides that the law may not modify or derogate from the provisions of a treaty, and that in the event of a conflict the treaty prevai...
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186. The period of suspension of constitutional guarantees may not exceed 30 days. At the end of this period, the suspension may be extended for the same period by a new decree if the circumstances which led to the suspension of guarantees persist. In the absence of a new decree, the suspended constitutional guarantees...
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188. The rights enshrined in the various international human rights instruments are enshrined in the Constitution, including: · Article 1 - Right to life, liberty, health, culture and social justice; · Article 2 - Right to life, physical and moral integrity, liberty, security, work, property, possession, honour, person...
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194. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinates the relevant national bodies and prepares responses based on information provided by the latter on complaints or communications concerning alleged human rights violations.
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196. The first substantive agreement within the framework of the peace process in El Salvador was the San José Agreement on Human Rights, signed on 26 July 1990, which confirmed the commitment of the parties to ensure respect for and guarantee of human rights and to establish the United Nations Observer Mission in El S...
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199. The general context has promoted respect for human rights and democratic freedoms, both in terms of ideas and institutions; in this regard, the State has taken steps to strengthen the legal and institutional framework, thereby leading to a change in attitudes and behaviour; civil society has taken a more prominent...
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201. The national education system also takes into account the promotion of human rights in El Salvador, in which regard article 60, paragraph 2, of the Constitution provides that human rights education shall be compulsory in all schools, whether public or private, whether civil or military.
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205. The State of El Salvador recognizes that international cooperation has played a very important role in the development of programmes relating to the administration of justice, public security, the human rights of vulnerable groups, education and human rights awareness.
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211. The Universal Declaration has been translated and printed in Spanish Braille and a video has been produced in sign language so that persons with vision and hearing impairments can know the provisions of this instrument and apply them.
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213. The human rights reports submitted by El Salvador to the specialized committees of the United Nations are prepared by the institutions under the direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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216. The Social Inclusion Secretariat has implemented a policy of openness, honesty and transparency towards civil society organizations representing indigenous peoples, including the Salvadoran National Indigenous Coordinating Council, the El Salvador Indigenous Community Coordinating Association and many other associ...
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219. The procedure for the preparation of the country's reports provides for an invitation from the Legislative Assembly to provide information on progress made in the legislation, including on specific issues addressed; since the opening policy, together with the treaty bodies of the current administration, the variou...
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220. The delegation which had participated in the defence of the report on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination had received two reports: the first from the Nahuizalco Natural Resources Defence Committee entitled "Summary of the struggle of the Nahu...
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223. The Salvadoran State believes that these new mechanisms will bring about significant changes in the dissemination and follow-up of the recommendations made by the committees, as well as in the reporting procedure, thus enabling it to fully fulfil its duty and to guarantee the human rights enshrined in the Covenant...
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225. The State has enshrined in the Constitution and secondary laws the provisions that guarantee the implementation of the Convention. Article 144 provides that treaties signed by El Salvador constitute laws of the Republic and prevail over secondary laws. The literal content of these treaties is as follows: "Internat...
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232. The specific document on the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights contains more detailed information on the measures taken to guarantee the equal enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Covenant.
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235. The remedy of habeas corpus is a constitutional procedure whereby the illegal or arbitrary nature of actual or imminent restrictions on the freedom of the beneficiary is declared. Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Constitution states that: "Any person may avail himself of habeas corpus when an authority or individua...
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238. The remedy of amparo is an extraordinary constitutional procedure in respect of its subject matter, the purpose of which is to strengthen the protection of the constitutional rights of citizens against acts of authority - formal or material - which constitute a violation of these same rights or an obstacle to thei...
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243. The administrative court is competent to hear disputes concerning the legality of the action of the public administration; in El Salvador, administrative litigation is defined in article 172 of the Constitution, which confers, exclusively on the judicial body, among other powers, the power to try and enforce decis...
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247. The Administrative Jurisdiction Act is a secondary standard that contains simple and easy-to-apply provisions, based on the guiding principles of administrative law and existing standards in the codes and laws of other states. Experience has confirmed the crucial role of this system in ensuring the legality of adm...
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1. The official name of the country is the Republic of El Salvador and its capital is San Salvador. The official language is Castilian (art. 62 of the Constitution of the Republic) and less than 1 per cent of the population speaks Náhuat.
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6. Also in 1982, a government of national unity was formed led by Álvaro Magaña, who, in June 1984, handed over the political power to José Napoleon Duarte, who held the presidency until May 1989; on 1 June 1989, Alfredo Félix Cristiani Burkard succeeded him.
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39. The Constitution of the Republic, which entered into force on 20 December 1983, is the result of the Constituent Assembly elected by universal suffrage in 1982, which regulates the political life of the State and the organization of society, contains norms aimed at guaranteeing the rights of citizens, without disti...
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40. The current Constitution had replaced the 1962 Constitution and reformed the political, economic and social order; the traditional name "Powers of the State" had been replaced by "State organs", namely the legislative, executive and judicial bodies.
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43. The Salvadoran political system is pluralistic and expresses itself through political parties, the only instrument by which popular representation is exercised in the Government, and the norms, organization and functioning of this system are governed by the principles of representative democracy; alternation with t...
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45. The Government consists of three basic powers: legislative, executive and judicial: Government officials are delegates of the people and have no powers other than those expressly conferred on them by law.
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49. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal is composed of five judges elected by the Legislative Assembly for five years, three of whom are elected from among the lists proposed by the three political parties or legal coalitions that received the largest number of votes in the last presidential election; the other two are elec...
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53. The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice accepted the request of the Partido de Conciliación Nacional (PCN), the Partido Demócrata Cristiano (PDC) and Gran Alianza por la Unidad for a recount of the vote for the election of the deputies that took place on 1 March 2015, and issued a ruling ordering...
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62. The executive body consists of the President and Vice-President of the Republic, ministers and vice-ministers of State, and their collaborators, the functioning of which is governed by the provisions of the Constitution and its rules of procedure.
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63. The President of the Republic is the Head of State, the Head of Government and the Commander General of the Armed Forces. He heads the executive function. The presidential mandate is five years, beginning and ending on 1 June.
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64. The conduct of public affairs is carried out by the Secretariats of State which share the various branches of the administration; each secretariat is headed by a minister who is assisted by one or more deputy ministers, in accordance with article 159 of the Constitution; to have legal status, decrees, decisions, de...
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70. The Technical Selection Unit maintains an updated register of lawyers authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice, which removes suspended lawyers, deceased lawyers and those who no longer meet the constitutional requirements for this function, thus establishing a special register of lawyers eligible for judicial of...
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73. The Supreme Court of Justice is divided into four chambers: the Constitutional Chamber, the Civil Chamber, the Criminal Chamber and the Administrative Litigation Chamber, each composed of one President and two judges, whose function is to examine and decide on applications and appeals, depending on the matter.
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75. The courts of second instance, which are courts of appeal, consist of two judges, while the courts of first instance and the courts of peace have a single judge, all of whom are appointed by the Supreme Court of Justice from a list proposed by the National Council of the Judiciary (art. 175 of the Constitution).
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77. The Supreme Court of Justice also has three departments: the first is responsible for information on persons held by any authority; the second is responsible for the enforcement of sentences; and the third is responsible for monitoring seizures and sureties paid in all courts of the Republic.
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79. The Evidence and Parole Department works with the Freedom and Detention Judge and the Enforcement Judge to monitor compliance with the conditions or rules of conduct imposed in cases of conditional suspension of the sentence.
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80. The Directorate of Forensic Medicine of the Supreme Court of Justice, a governing body in the field of forensic medicine and forensic science, works closely with the administration of justice. The Institute of Forensic Medicine is assigned by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, by decision of the co...
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82. The current Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary from the other organs of the State through a series of provisions concerning its budget and operation; for example, the last paragraph of article 172 of the Constitution provides that "the judicial organ shall have a budget equal to or greater th...
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89. The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, was ratified by Legislative Decree No. 601 published in Official Gazette No. 25, volume 402, on 7 February 2014.
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91. The ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the recognition of the competence of its Committee, in accordance with articles 21 and 22, are at the stage of analysis and evaluation.
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99. The Supreme Court of Justice and the Attorney-General ' s Office are the institutions guaranteeing the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, as indicated in the third, fourth and fifth reports on the implementation of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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101. The Office of the Procurator-General of the Republic, in accordance with article 194, paragraph II of the Constitution, is responsible for the defence of the family and for the defence of the person and interests of minors, the disabled and adults of age. It provides legal aid to low-income persons and represents ...
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102. The Procuradoría General de la République provides technical protection for human rights in family, criminal, labour-related and real and personal rights, providing administrative, judicial or notarial assistance to citizens, and providing mediation and psychosocial prevention services, and comprises four units of...
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103. The functions of the Office of the Prosecutor for the Defence of Human Rights include ensuring respect for and guarantee of human rights, investigating ex officio or following a complaint about human rights violations, monitoring the activities of the public administration in its dealings with individuals, issuing...
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106. The judicial function is exercised by the judicial body, namely the Supreme Court of Justice and its various chambers, the courts of second instance, the courts of first instance and the courts of peace. The judicial body has the exclusive power to judge and enforce judgements in constitutional, civil, criminal, c...
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107. The judicial organization is based on subject-specific specialization, so there are courts of first instance for civil, family, criminal, military and labour cases, and for cases relating to children and adolescents, rents, traffic, commerce, minors and tax administration.
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110. The Office of the Procurator for the Defence of Human Rights, established by the 1992 Peace Agreements, has constitutional status under articles 191, 192 and 194 of the Constitution, a permanent and independent institution under the authority of the Public Prosecutor's Office, with its own legal personality and ad...
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111. The Prosecutor for the Defence of Human Rights is elected by the Legislative Assembly by a qualified two-thirds majority for a period of three years and is eligible for re-election. The Office of the Prosecutor for the Defence of Human Rights also includes a Deputy Prosecutor for the Defence of Human Rights and fi...
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112. The Prosecutor for the Defence of Human Rights has an extremely broad mandate to monitor the functioning of all State human rights institutions. The information on this issue was updated in El Salvador ' s seventh periodic report submitted in November 2016 pursuant to the International Covenant on Civil and Politi...
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113. The Constitution sets out the basic rules on civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights of due process of law and the duties of the human person, which are compatible with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Socia...
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114. The Constitution enshrines the principle that international instruments become domestic laws as soon as they enter into force, in accordance with their provisions and those of the Constitution. Thus, treaties duly concluded and ratified form an integral part of the Salvadoran legal order.
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120. The State of El Salvador recognizes that international cooperation has played a very important role in the development of programmes relating to the administration of justice, public security, the human rights of vulnerable groups, education and human rights awareness.
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125. The Universal Declaration has been translated and printed in Spanish Braille and a video presenting the provisions of this instrument has been produced in sign language; the purpose of these two initiatives was to enable visually impaired and hard of hearing persons, respectively, to know the provisions of this in...
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130. The procedure for preparing the reports of the Legislative Assembly is invited to provide information on the progress made in the review and validation of domestic law, including on specific issues.
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134. The State of El Salvador believes that these new mechanisms will bring about significant changes in the dissemination and follow-up of the recommendations made by the committees, as well as in the reporting process, thus enabling it to fully fulfil its duty and to guarantee the human rights enshrined in the Conven...
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1. The Republic of Serbia is located in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula, on the main roads between Europe and Asia; it covers an area of 88,360 km 2 . The northern part of the Republic of Serbia has mainly a plains landscape, while the central and southern parts of the Republic of Serbia consist of hills and m...
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5. The percentage of boys born in Serbia is higher than that of girls, 51.5 per cent and 48.5 per cent respectively; the mortality rate is 14.5 per cent for men and 13.1 per cent for women; the average age of the country's population is 41.5 years for women and 39 years for men, while the life expectancy is 75 years fo...
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9. The right to freedom of thought, conscience, belief and worship is guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. Everyone has the right to freely express or change his or her beliefs or religion. No one is required to declare his or her religion or belief. Everyone has the right to manifest his or her fa...
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12. The Republic of Serbia is a country in transition. The economic system of the Republic of Serbia is based on the market economy, the concept of a free and open market, the freedom of enterprise, the independence of economic actors and the equality between private property and other forms of property.
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15. The Republic of Serbia has implemented important institutional and structural adjustments: more than 400 laws governing the market system have been adopted with a view to harmonizing it with European Union regulations; the real, financial and public sector have been substantially reformed; the reforms that are stil...
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18. The public debt-to-GDP ratio in 2008 remained at about the same level as in 2005, at 64 per cent. According to the World Bank ' s criterion for the total external debt-to-GDP ratio, the Republic of Serbia is classified as moderately indebted countries (with a limit of 80 per cent of GDP). However, the Republic of S...
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19. The Republic of Serbia has adopted the absolute poverty line as a national measure of poverty. Consumption is the basic aggregate of well-being. According to the household budget survey 13 for the period 2006 to 2008, and according to estimates by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, the poverty rate f...
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20. The most vulnerable groups of the population include the rural population, including in the south-eastern region of Serbia, the under-educated population, the unemployed, children under 14 years of age, the elderly (over 65), households with two or more children (under 6 years of age), and Roma and displaced person...
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27. The aim of the reform of the social protection system is to develop an integrated social protection system in which social actors are required to make effective use of existing resources and to develop others through accessible, quality and diversified services aimed at preserving and improving the quality of life ...
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30. The mortality rate caused by contagious diseases in 2008 was 2.87 per 100,000 inhabitants; the incidence rate of tuberculosis in 2008 was 24 per 100,000 inhabitants; and the percentage of patients treated successfully in 2007 was 83 per cent. The project entitled "Tuberculosis control in the Republic of Serbia thro...
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31. The HIV/AIDS incidence rate was 05.1 per 100,000 according to the latest results in 2008, and the HIV/AIDS mortality rate in 2008 was 0.3 per 100,000 population; there are three times as many men among those infected and killed by HIV/AIDS infection, and the largest number of them belong to the 30-39 age group. 18 ...
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33. The education system covers pre-school, primary and secondary education, as well as higher education, and is an integral part of lifelong learning for all citizens of the Republic of Serbia. Education is provided in Serbian languages. In accordance with the Law on the Foundations of the Education System, 20 members...
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35. The education system is financed mainly from the budget of the Republic of Serbia. The 2008 Finance Law allocated 16.15 per cent of the total budget appropriations for education expenditure. Between 2005 and 2009, the share of GDP devoted to education was 3.5-4 per cent.
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36. The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia was approved in the October 2006 referendum, which states that the Republic of Serbia is the State of the Serbian people and of all citizens living there, that it is based on the rule of law and social justice, the principles of civil democracy, human and minority rights a...
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37. The fundamental principles of human and minority rights enshrine the direct application of guaranteed rights, the constitutional regulation of constitutional guarantees, the regulation of restrictions on human and minority rights, the prohibition of all forms of discrimination and the protection of human rights, mi...
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38. The proposal for the revision of Constitution 26 may be made by at least one third of the deputies, the President of the Republic, the President of the Government and at least 150,000 voters. The National Assembly has jurisdiction in this matter. The motion to revise the Constitution must be adopted by two thirds o...
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39. The National Assembly must adopt, by a two-thirds majority of the deputies, a proposal to amend the Constitution and may also decide to submit such amendments to the Constitution for approval by referendum. Such referendum approval is mandatory if the amendment concerns the preamble, the fundamental principles of t...
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40. The law amending the Constitution approved by referendum must enter into force once it has been promulgated by the National Assembly. If the National Assembly decides not to submit the act amending the Constitution for approval, the amendment of the Constitution must be adopted by a vote in the National Assembly, a...
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41. The Republic of Serbia is a parliamentary democratic republic based on the rule of law. The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia guarantees the separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers.
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42. The National Assembly is the supreme representative body exercising constitutional and legislative power in the Republic of Serbia. 28 It consists of 250 deputies elected by direct and secret suffrage, in accordance with Law 29 .
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43. The executive power belongs to the Government of the Republic of Serbia, which currently consists of 24 ministers. The Prime Minister administers and directs the work of the Government, monitors the coordinated political activities of the Government, coordinates the work of its members and represents the Government...
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44. The President of the Republic is the manifestation of the unity of the State 31 and represents the Republic of Serbia within the country and abroad, promulgates laws by decree, proposes to the National Assembly a candidate for the post of Prime Minister, appoints and recalls the ambassadors of the Republic of Serbi...
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45. The public administration is independent, subject to the Constitution and the law, and is accountable to the Government. The tasks of the public administration are carried out by the ministries and other public bodies determined by law. The tasks and the number of ministries are determined by law. The internal orga...
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46. The autonomous acts and activities of State bodies, bodies exercising public authority by delegation, bodies of autonomous provinces and local authorities must be in accordance with the law. The legality of individual acts creating legally protected rights, duties or legitimate interests must be subject to review b...
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47. The administrative and territorial structures of the Republic of Serbia include the municipalities, towns and the City of Belgrade as territorial units, as well as the autonomous provinces which enjoy territorial autonomy. The Republic of Serbia comprises the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the Autonomous Prov...
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48. The autonomous provinces must, in accordance with the Constitution and their Statutes, define the powers, elections, organization and activities of provincial bodies, as well as the services offered 36; they have resources to finance their policies 37 . The Statutes are the supreme legal norm of each autonomous pro...
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49. The Law establishing the powers of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina 39 determines the powers of the province and regulates other matters relating to its status. According to the Law, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina defines the powers, elections, organization and activities of the agencies and services offe...
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51. The judiciary is uniform throughout the territory of the Republic of Serbia; the courts are autonomous and independent; they carry out their duties in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, laws and other general legislation, as provided for by law, generally accepted rules of international law...
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56. The courts of first instance, the courts of main instance, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Cassation are ordinary courts. Commercial courts, the Court of Commercial Appeal, the Correctional Court, the High Court of Criminal Procedure and the Administrative Court are specialized courts.
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58. The President of the Supreme Court of Cassation, the Minister of Justice and the Chairman of the relevant committee of the National Assembly are full members of the High Judicial Council, which also consists of eight members elected by the National Assembly in accordance with the law. The elected members must consi...
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59. The Constitutional Court is an official, autonomous and independent body responsible for protecting constitutionality and legality, as well as human and minority rights and freedoms, and the decisions of the Constitutional Court are final, enforceable and binding.
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60. The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia has established a hybrid system of appointment of judges of the Constitutional Court, combining an elected and appointed process in which the three legislative, executive and judicial powers intervene and over which they influence. The Constitutional Court, in its capacity...
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61. The following appeals are brought before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia: appeals for review of the constitutionality and legality of general instruments; appeals for review of the constitutionality of laws prior to their promulgation; appeals for a decision on the postponement of the implementat...
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63. The Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia consists of the Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Republic, the Offices of the Public Prosecutor of the Court of Appeal, the Offices of the Public Prosecutor of the Higher Courts and the Offices of the Public Prosecutor of the Courts of First Instan...
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64. The Government proposes to the National Assembly one or more candidates for the post of prosecutor, selected from a list of candidates drawn up by the National Council of
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66. The role of political parties in the democratic expression of the political will of citizens is guaranteed and recognized in the Republic of Serbia. Political parties may be created freely. The activities of political parties aimed at forcibly overthrowing the constitutional order, violating the human rights or rig...
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