Crime Victims and the Right to Human Dignity - Challenges and Attitudes in Serbia

Kolaković-Bojović, Milica and Grujić, Zdravko (2020) Crime Victims and the Right to Human Dignity - Challenges and Attitudes in Serbia. In: Yearbook. No. 3, Human rights protection : the right to human dignity. Provincial Protector of Citizens - Ombudsman ; Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Novi Sad ; Belgrade, pp. 239-269. ISBN 978-86-80756-36-3

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Abstract

From its very philosophical substance, through the religious, sociological and legal nature, the right to human dignity has passed the long way of developing its content and scope in its various meanings. Once proclaimed as the universal human rights value in 1948, the right to human dignity has been further elaborated through the number of universal and regional human rights instruments, with the different level of impact on the legislation and practices on the national level. In the context of criminal proceedings, initially, more focused on the procedural safeguards of accused and consequently of sentenced persons, the right to human dignity of crime victims slowly, but surely becomes the one of the main human rights values framing the content and scope of other crime victims’ rights, rather than the stand-alone right. The paper is dedicated to the issue of protection of victims of crime and the necessity of standardization and a broader implementation of the right to human dignity of crime victims, through the analysis of the international and national normative framework and practice.

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