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Annex 1: main transposition and anti-discrimination legislation

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AuthorKrstic, Ivana
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ANNEX 1: MAIN TRANSPOSITION AND ANTI-DISCRIMIN ATION LEGISLATION
Country: Serbia
Date: 31 December 2019
Title of the law: The Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination
Abbreviation: LPD
Date of adoption: 26 March 2009
Latest relevant amendments: N/A
Entry into force: 7 April 2009
Web link: http://ravnopravnost.gov.rs/propisi/propisi-republik e-srbije/
Grounds covered: explicitly race, skin colour, ancestry, citizenship, nation al affiliation or
ethnic origin, language, religious or political beliefs, gender, gender identity, sexual
orientation, financial position, birth, genetic characteristics, health, disability, marital and
family status, previous convictions, age, appearance, membership of political, trade union
and other organisations
It is an open clause
Civil law
Material scope: all areas of public life
Principal content: prohibition of direct and indirect discrimination, violation of the principle of
equal rights and obligations, calling to account288 associating for the pu rpose of exercising
discrimination, hate speech and disturbing and humiliating treatment
Title of the law: The Gender Equality Act
Abbreviation: GEA
Date of adoption: 11 December 2009
Latest relevant amendments: N/A
Entry into force: 25 December 2009
Web link: http://ravnopravnost.gov.rs/propisi/propisi-republike- srbije/
Grounds covered: gender
Civil law
Material scope: all areas of public and private life
Principal content: direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, sexual haras sment
Title of the law: The Law on the Prevention of D iscrimination against Persons w ith
Disabilities
Abbreviation: LPDPD
Date of adoption: 17 April 2006
Latest relevant amendments: 19 February 2016
Entry into force: 1 January 2007
Web link: http://ravnopravnost.gov.rs/propisi/propisi-republike- srbije/
Grounds covered: disability
Civil law
Material scope: all areas of public life
Principal content: direct and indirect discrimination, violation of the principle of equal rights
and obligations, humiliating treatment
288 Victimisation is known as ‘calling to account’ in Serbian law.

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