021-01-730 / 2021-02 date: 6.5.2022.

Acting within the legally prescribed competence to monitor the implementation of laws concerning the prohibition of discrimination and recommend measures to public authorities and other persons to achieve equality and protection against discrimination, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality issues this

RECOMMENDATION OF MEASURES FOR ACHIEVING EQUALITY AND PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality recommends to the Ministry of Justice and the Public Notary Chamber of Serbia:

–      to take the necessary measures within their competence when it comes to prescribing the amount of notaries’ fees for verifying the signatures of persons without documents by examining identity witnesses, taking into account the fact that undocumented persons belong to the category of the most vulnerable persons, to whom a document represents a precondition to realize other rights, especially rights in the field of health protection, social protection, education, etc.

–      to take measures within their competence in order to properly apply the Law on Certification of Signatures, Manuscripts and Transcripts and the Notary Rules of Procedure, according to which notaries are obliged to determine the identity of persons who do not have an identification document by examining two identity witnesses.

The Ministry of Justice and the Public Notary Chamber of Serbia will inform the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality about all measures and activities they have taken within 30 days from the day of receiving this recommendation.

In accordance with the law, no appeal or any other legal remedy is allowed against this recommendation of measures for achieving equality.

COMMISSIONER FOR THE PROTECTION OF EQUALITY

Brankica Janković