EVROPSKI STANDARDI O TORTURI I PRAVO REPUBLIKE SRBIJE

Jovašević Dragan (Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу),

In this paper, the author focuses his attention on one of the oldest manifestations of breaching of human rights – torture. In brief, an analysis is given as the overview of the international legal documents, both of universal and regional character, which forbid torture. The author explains what the torture as criminal offence is especially referring to the cases when torture is committed by officials. In the separate parts of the paper, the author describes provisions of the Serbian internal legislation and compares it to the provisions on torture in the legal systems of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Germany.

Ključne reči: Torture, fundamental rights, dignity, universal standards, European standards, Serbian legislation