Preventing and Punishing Torture and Other Forms of Ill-Treatment – a Manual for Judges and Prosecutors (in Serbian), 2011
Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment – all of these are forms of abuse and are strictly prohibited. The prohibition on abuse is general. It also applies to state institutions. Although this prohibition has been in place in Serbia for a long time (having been included in the legislation of the SFRY), torture and other forms of abuse still continue to occur. During the ’90s, then still as a part of SRY, Serbia was one of the few countries against which the UN Committee Against Torture began an investigation, as it had received credible evidence that torture was systematically occurring on Serbia’s territory. Cases of torture still occur, especially in police stations. This manual provides the relevant international legal regulation and practice of those on whom the prevention and punishment of torture most depends – prosecutors and judges. The book’s aim is to simplify their work by explaining and resolving issues that might come up in cases, whether these issues relate to substantive or procedural law, on the prohibition on torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Additionally, the manual offers adequate definitions and a historical review of abuse.
