De-Radicalization: Legal and Policy Framework in Serbia

Abstract

The report offers a description and analysis of the legal and policy framework on radicalisation and de-radicalisation in the Republic of Serbia. The topic has been analysed in the wider context of human rights and freedoms relevant for de-radicalisation policy fields, such as religious freedom, secularism, sub-national identities in the period of last twenty years. After the break-up of Yugoslavia, Serbian society remained highly polarised, and the political climate has been radicalised in the recent years. Erosion of human rights and freedoms, low trust in state insitutions among minority groups, youth unemployment, identity crisis, and social isolation are just a few factors that strongly shape current radicalisation trends. The synergy of different radicalisation drivers creates a breeding ground for potential extremism in Serbia mainly oriented towards far-right in the spectrum...