Constitutional Court decides not to ban extremists: ‘Nasi’ can continue making black lists

Moma Ilić | 16. 11. 2012. - 02:00h | Comments 0

By rejecting proposal by the Prosecution to ban extremist organizations ‘1389’ from Belgrade, ‘Nasi’ from Arandjelovac and ‘Nasi 1389’, the Constitutional Court of Serbia sent an indirect message that spreading of racial, religious and national hatred, violence and threats to the LGBT population are not contrary to the constitutional order, the Constitution and the law.

This is how Maja Micic, Director of the Initiative by the Young for Human Rights comments decision by the supreme legal arbiter in the country that ruled that ‘there are no conditions for ban’ of the mentioned organizations and that the Republican Prosecution has not offered arguments supporting claims that those organizations are threats to the constitutional order.


‘These are dangerous decisions by the Constitutional Court of Serbia because their message is that violence towards others and the different is something legal and legitimate in Serbia. This decision is really surprising and disappointing’, Micic says.




‘Nasi’ has recently made a black list of unacceptable non-government organizations.


‘The Constitutional Court of Serbia has brought anti-Fascism in question by its decision. The time shall tell if that is a mistake or court’s orientation’, lawyer Rajko Danilovic says.


‘The Constitutional Court has pointed out that the Administration had failed to adequately react earlier to activity by such organizations. That is why I am expecting that after this decision the state bodies take seriously the warning by the Constitutional Court’, Milan Antonijevic, Director of JUKOM says.


The Attorney General refused to comment decision by the Constitutional Court of Serbia.

Explanation of the decision In explanation as to why the Constitutional Court has not chosen to rule the strictest sanction against the extremists there is written that ‘the Court remarks that measures undertaken by competent state bodies against members of those organizations do not represent an adequate response by a democratic society for committed violation of law, the failure of which measures would a reason enough for the Constitutional Court to ban their work’.

Mladen Obradovic: We are waiting for you Court ruling against Mladen Obradovic suspended Good week for extremists! The Court of Appeal in Belgrade has suspended yesterday court ruling by which ‘Obraz’ leader Mladen Obradovic was sentenced to ten months in prison because of racial and other kinds of discrimination. In the decision by the Court of Appeal there is said that ‘it has not been determined which activities precisely specified in the indictment are supported with evidence’. Half a year ago Obradovic was sentenced because of spreading and presenting ideas for discrimination of the LGBT population.