Zakon o crkvama i verskim zajednicama i uloga policije u zaštiti slobode veroispovesti

Abstract

Sloboda veroispovesti zagarantovana je brojnim međunarodnim dokumentima o ljudskim pravima, čiji je Srbija potpisnik. Oba aspekta verske slobode, kako kolektivni tako i individualni, predmet su posebnog interesovanja savremenog državnog zakonodavstva. Garantovanje tih sloboda, međutim, samo po sebi nije dovoljno. Neophodna je stalna angažovanost državnih organa sa ciljem unapređenja i razvoja verskog pluralizma sa jedne strane, a sa druge zaštita subjekata verske slobode od različitih zloupotreba kojima mogu biti izloženi. Ovaj delikatan i za demokratsko društvo veoma osetljiv proces, predstavlja veliki izazov za državne organe koji u njemu učestvuju. Jedan od tih organa svakako je i policija, čija je asistencija u nekim slučajevima zaštite verske slobode neophodna.

Freedom of religion is guaranteed in a number of international and domestic human rights documents. Both aspects of religious freedom, collective and individual, are subject to the special interests of the modern state legislature. Only guarantee of freedom, however, is not by itself enough. There is a need for constant engagement of state authorities with the aim of improving the development of religious pluralism on the one hand, and on the other the protection of religious communities from different abuses they can be exposed to. This delicate and for democratic society very sensitive process is a major challenge for the state authorities who participate in it. One of these authorities is certainly the police, who only has a monopoly of physical coercion and whose assistance to protect religious freedom in some cases is necessary.