Forced sterilization – a new crime in the light of international standards

Abstract

Gender-based violence is a particularly severe form of violation of people’s rights, which has recently gained character in international law, as well as in national criminal law. Administration as one specific form of this violence is represented by forced sterilization. Based on European international standards, the modern criminal law of individual countries in the region foresees responsibility and punishment for forced sterilization, unlike the law in the Republic of Serbia. The paper analyzes the concept, elements, content, characteristics, and forms of this incrimination from the aspects of legal theory, international standards and norms of comparative criminal legislation, with the aim of helping the legislator in the direction of its introduction into the legal system of the Republic of Serbia.