# Constitution of the Republic of Serbia — selected minority-rights articles

Complete text of the selected provisions cited in the dossier. The complete official act is available in the PDF below. Source texts are separate from the author’s case analysis. Short topic labels are editorial navigation aids; the provision follows each label.

Constitution of 2006, Articles 78 and 79. Full Serbian parliamentary PDF, 67 pages; selected articles translated from Serbian.

Faithful unofficial English translation from the original Serbian text.

[Complete official PDF](/files/documents/constitution-serbia/original/constitution-serbia-official.pdf)

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[Parliamentary English translation of the full Constitution](/files/documents/constitution-serbia/original/serbia-constitution-2006-parliament-english.pdf)

### Official sources

- [Official source · www.parlament.gov.rs](https://www.parlament.gov.rs/upload/documents/Ustav_Srbije_pdf.pdf)
- [Official source · www.parlament.gov.rs](https://www.parlament.gov.rs/upload/documents/Constitution_%20of_Serbia_pdf.pdf)
- [Official source · www.ustavni.sud.rs](https://www.ustavni.sud.rs/ustav-rs-i-propisi/ustav-republike-srbije?lang_type=lat)

## Article 78

**Prohibition of forced assimilation**

Forced assimilation of members of national minorities is prohibited.

The protection of members of national minorities from every act directed towards their forced assimilation is regulated by law.

Measures that would cause an artificial change in the national composition of the population in areas where members of national minorities live traditionally and in significant numbers are prohibited.

## Article 79

**Right to preservation of specificity**

Members of national minorities have the right: to express, preserve, foster, develop and publicly express their national, ethnic, cultural and religious distinctiveness; to use their symbols in public places; to use their language and script; in areas where they constitute a significant population, to have state bodies, organisations entrusted with public powers, and bodies of autonomous provinces and local self-government units conduct proceedings also in their language; to education in their language in state institutions and institutions of autonomous provinces; to establish private educational institutions; to use their first name and surname in their language; in areas where they constitute a significant population, to have traditional local names, street names, names of settlements and topographical indications written also in their language; to complete, timely and impartial information in their language, including the right to express, receive, send and exchange information and ideas; to establish their own public information media, in accordance with law.

In accordance with the Constitution and on the basis of law, provincial regulations may establish additional rights of members of national minorities.