Nacionalna strategija za borbu protiv korupcije i izmene Krivičnog zakonika - de lege ferenda

Abstract

Corruption represents one of the most important topics of the international criminal policy. This is why it is very important to determine if in our country, from the viewpoint of substantive criminal law, there are satisfactory solutions or criteria which are set by the international documents that should encourage the reform of our legislation. The criminal legislation of the Republic of Serbia fulfills the standards set by the Council of Europe Criminal and Civil Law Conventions on Corruption (Evaluation Report on the Republic of Serbia Incriminations (ETS 173 and 191, GPC 2)). The recommendations given to our country on that occasion were adopted by the Law on amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia in 2012. The UN Convention against Corruption suggests considering to introduce into criminal legislations a new criminal offence “Illicit enrichment”. Our country adopted several strategic documents that are of direct significance for the fight against corruption and directly influence the future amendments to the Criminal Code. First of all, there is the National strategy for the fight against corruption for the period from 2013 to 2018. In addition to this, on August 25, 2013, at the recommendation of the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration, the government of the Republic of Serbia brought a Resoluti- on to adopt the Action Plan to implement the National Strategy for the fight against corruption and the Action plan to implement the National strategy for the fight against corruption in the Republic of Serbia for the period from 2013 to 2018. Considering the fact that both the National strategy for the fight against corruption and the Action plan for the implementation of the National strategy for the fight against corruption in the Republic of Serbia for the period from 2013 to 2018 were adopted only recently, the analysis of their content is certainly important for the future amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia.