Prevention of Race, Religion and Gender Discrimination by Law of the Republic of Srpska- B&H

Abstract

Discrimination undermines human rights and human dignity. Equality of all people as one of the basic human rights of non-discrimination requirements. The Criminal Code of the Republic of Srpska contains a number of offenses that provide protection in cases of discrimination, breach of the principle of equality, the prohibition of torture and other related offenses. These are crimes of group offenses against freedoms and rights of man and citizen, against the honor and reputation of the constitutional order and security of Republic of Srpska, against public order and peace, and crimes against humanity and other goods protected by international law. Although the protection that the Criminal Code RS provides quite diverse and covers the basic and most important form in which discrimination occurs, so far as cases of discrimination in judicial practice remains rare.