Criminal offenses against honor and reputation in the light of the amendment of the Criminal code of the Republic of Srpska
Autor/i: Dragana Vasiljević,
Stranice: 89-106
UDK: 343.63(497.6)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47152/rkkp.62.1.5
Apstrakt: The issue of (de)criminalization of behavior that injures, that is, endangers honor and reputation is one of the most important in modern criminal law. The demand for decriminalization arises from the norms of international law and it rests on the postulate of the right to freedom of thought and expression. However, it is also inviolable the right of a person to protect his honor and reputation, which is the basis of criminalization. Because of that it is not easy to find a balance in the exercise of these rights. They are opposed to each other from which arises danger that excessive protection of one of them undermines the other. It is a common understanding that modern criminal legislation is moving in the direction of decriminalization of such behaviors. Our legislator opted for the opposite solution. This is not a solution that has not been represented in the criminal legislation of the Republic of Srpska, because criminal offenses against honor and reputation existed until 2002 when they are decriminalized. In the article is apostrophized protection of honor and reputation in the light of the latest amendment to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Srpska. Pitanje (de)kriminalizacije ponašanja kojima se povređuju, odnosno ugrožavaju čast i ugled jedno je od značajnijih u savremenom krivičnom pravu. Zahtjev za dekriminalizacijom proizilazi iz normi međunarodnog prava, a počiva na postulatu prava na slobodu misli i izražavanja. Međutim, nepovredivo je i pravo čovjeka na zaštitu časti i ugleda, a koje predstavlja osnov kriminalizacije. Zbog toga i nije jednostavno pronaći balans u ostvarenju ovih prava. Ona su suprotstavljena iz čegaproizilazi opasnost da pretjerano pružanje zaštite jednom od njih narušava ono drugo. Uobičajeno je shvatanje da se savremena krivična zakonodavstva kreću u pravcu dekriminalizacije ovakvih ponašanja. Naš zakonodavac se opredijelio za suprotno rješenje. Pri tome se ne radi o rješenju koje do sada nije bilo zastupljeno u krivičnom zakonodavstvu Republike Srpske, jer su krivična djela protiv časti i ugleda postojala do 2002. godine i njihove dekriminalizacije. U članku se apostrofira zaštita časti i ugleda u svjetlu posljednje novele Krivičnog zakonika Republike Srpske.
Ključne reči: honor and reputation, criminal offense, human rights. čast i ugled, krivično djelo, ljudska prava.
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