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New law will improve legal position of all churches and religious communities in Serbia
Belgrade,
10 May 2006
Serbian Minister of Religion Milan Radulovic talked today with a delegation of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, led by Charles Goerens. It was stated on the occasion that the new Law on churches and religious communities will protect individual religious freedom and improve the legal position of all churches and religious communities in Serbia.
Radulovic said that traditional churches and religious communities, whose legal status as public organisations were once abolished, have once again been given that status, and those who were registered as citizens’ associations have been provided the opportunity to get that status.
He said that the registration procedure on the basis of which public churches gain legal subjectivity is precisely determined and does not leave any possibility for subjective or arbitrary interpretation.
The collocutors concluded that the law allows bearers of corporative religious freedom wider opportunities for cooperation with the state, other public systems and organisations as well as mutual cooperation. However the realisation of guaranteed religious freedoms and opportunities offered will depend on consistent implementation of the law.
The Minister of Religion said that the government will propose amendments to the law in case shortcomings appear during the process of its implementation.
He pointed out that the Serbian government has also adopted the Bill on returning property to churches and religious communities and forwarded it to the parliament for adoption.
The meeting was also attended by head of the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade Stefano Valenti and secretary of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Boni Teofilova.
He said that the registration procedure on the basis of which public churches gain legal subjectivity is precisely determined and does not leave any possibility for subjective or arbitrary interpretation.
The collocutors concluded that the law allows bearers of corporative religious freedom wider opportunities for cooperation with the state, other public systems and organisations as well as mutual cooperation. However the realisation of guaranteed religious freedoms and opportunities offered will depend on consistent implementation of the law.
The Minister of Religion said that the government will propose amendments to the law in case shortcomings appear during the process of its implementation.
He pointed out that the Serbian government has also adopted the Bill on returning property to churches and religious communities and forwarded it to the parliament for adoption.
The meeting was also attended by head of the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade Stefano Valenti and secretary of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Boni Teofilova.
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