Janja Simentić Popović

• PhD
• Assistant Professor at University of Belgrade

Serbia’s national interest, particularly concerning Kosovo, is shaped by political context and actors’ beliefs, publicly insisting on the territorial integrity and opposing Kosovo’s independence. Serbia employs various strategies, including international law mechanisms, to pursue its interests without recognition of Kosovo. Specifically, it engages...

The armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine has profoundly impacted the lives of people in these countries, particularly in Ukraine. Due to the conflict, nearly 8 million individuals have been displaced from Ukraine, a statistic reported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2023. These displaced persons...

This paper explores the success factors behind the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), established in 1996 to address the issue of missing persons from the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. The ICMP?s mission has expanded to foster state cooperation and provide expert assistance in locating missing persons due to conflicts, human...

Rešavanje graničnih sporova među bivšim jugoslovenskim republi- kama - Ako to mogu studenti, možete i vi je projekat koji je okupio studente iz tri države – Bosne i Hercegovine, Republike Hrvatske i Republike Srbije – koji su iz perspektive međunarodnog prava zajedno radili na predlozima za rešenje graničnih sporova koji postoje između Srbije i Bos...

The present article provides legal analysis of the concept of ‘protracted armed violence’ which is part of the commonly accepted definition of non-international armed conflict (NIAC). The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia interpreted this notion as the intensity requirement. However, the practice of other international legal ins...

In this Article, the author presents and explains the current normative framework in EU law about the exclusion from refugee status based on the premise that a person is not deserving of refugee status. This article is directed at clarifying the present content of the legislation in force and the caselaw of the Court of Justice of the European Unio...

U trenutku kada je Evropska unija suočena sa najvećim prilivom državljana trećih država na svoju teritoriju do sada, institucije EU u okviru svojih nadlež-nosti preduzimaju korake kako bi doprinele rešavanju problema. Jedan od koraka jeste i izmena relevantne legislative kako bi se ona usaglasila sa dešavanjima u praksi. Ipak, kriza tzv. Dablinskog...

In this article the authors focus on the historical analysis of the position of Serbia towards international law of the XIX century. The research encompasses a broad period of time, spanning from 1830 to the beginning of the First World War, in order to cover the distinct legal status of Serbia – both as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire and as an ind...

This article analyses the relationship between rules on terrorism in international law and international humanitarian law (IHL), with the special emphasis on the European Union standpoint on this issue. To this end the article will present EU regulation in this field and the 2014 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the...