UN Special Rapporteur Evaluates Religious Freedom In Serbia

Yesterday, United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir, completed a six-day visit to Serbia. UN News Centre reports that Jahangir gave a mixed review to developments in the country. She praised the situation in a number of smaller municipalities that are multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-linguistic, and which seem to enjoy an atmosphere of religious tolerance. However, she criticized a 2006 religion law that requires registration of churches and religious communities, and which distinguishes between traditional and non-traditional religions. (See prior posting.) Jahangir will present her findings to the U.N. Human Rights Council next year.