USLUGE ZAŠTITNIKA GRAĐANA U FUNKCIJI ZAŠTITE LjUDSKIH PRAVA

Abstract

The paper analyzes the role and services provided by the Protector of Citizens, specifically related to the legal order of the Republic of Serbia. A historical retrospective, and then through a comparative legal analysis of the origin and conception of this type of institutional protection of human rights in general, and through practical experiences, an insight into the importance of the existence of this state body is given. The legal system of the Republic of Serbia knows this type of services in the field of human rights protection relatively briefly. For that reason, legal history does not offer answers to the practical repercussions of the existence of this institution in our country. As a result, the paper points out two dimensions of action. The first is the practice of the Protector of Citizens during the protests that took place during the restrictions on human rights due to the COVID19 pandemic, and the second is the political dimension of the role in the legal system of the Republic of Serbia.