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Serbia - OPCAT Situation

Updated 08.05.2013

Serbia became a State Party to the OPCAT in 2006 it established its NPM only five years later, e.g 2011

The Protector of Citizens was designated as NPM and it operates in formal cooperation with the ombudsperson's offices and with human rights associations. A specific NPM Department is performing the NPM functions. 

The SPT member Aneta Stanchevska is the SPT Focal Point for Serbia.
 

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification September 26, 2006
UNCAT Ratification March 12, 2001
SPT Member Milos Jankovic (2013 - 2016)
NPM Designated

Protector of Citizens, in cooperation with the ombudsperson's offices from the autonomous provinces and human rights associations

NPM Type

National Human Rights Institution with Civil Society

Information
Population 7 379 339
Area (sq km) 88 361
Number of prisons 28
Prison population 10 526
Quick links

Communication to the SPT: Official Correspondence from Serbia (4 January 2008)

CAT: Concluding Observations (January 2009)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (December 2008)

CPT: Report (February 2011)

Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (October 2008)