Secret Police Records – The Case of Former Yugoslavia. With Reference to the Case of Serbia
Secret Police Records – The Case of Former Yugoslavia. With Reference to the Case of Serbia

Summary/Abstract: The paper briefly presents background information on the issue of opening records that the security services and police kept on the citizens who were political enemies – or at least ideological opponents – of the former communist regime in ex-Yugoslavia. It provides an overview of the development of security services in former Yugoslavia, as well as in Serbia of today. Particular attention is given to the fact that the failure to transfer files from the headquarters(Belgrade) to the former Yugoslav republics, is a consequence of the provisions contained in the Constitution of the SFR of Yugoslavia from 1974, and is partly due to the disintegration of the Yugoslav SFR 1991. The paper indicates a lack of an (adequate) legal base in this field. It also deals with a new independent state authority: the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, who has just partial jurisdiction over the subject issue. At last, it gives a current and very brief view of the subject in the former Yugoslav republics (except of Slovenia).

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