Prof. Zoran Stojanović, PhD.

Professor Stanojević was born on December 20, 1947 in Belgrade. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Belgrade (1970), received the title of Master of Criminal-Legal Sciences from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb (1973) and was awarded the title of PhD from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana (1981). He has been working in the judiciary since January 1, 1971 and was appointed Assistant for Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad in 1976. At the same Faculty he later became a Docent (1981), then Assistant Professor (1987), and has been a tenured professor of Criminal Law since 1992.  

Apart from numerous study trips abroad, in 1978 he spent a year at Oxford University. As a Humboldt Fellow he spent eighteen months in 1985-86 at the Маx Planck Institute for Foreign and International  Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany. He lectured at several faculties, institutes and specialized courses in the country and abroad.

He transferred to the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade in 1998 as a tenured Professor. He taught Criminal Law at undergraduate and graduate levels, along with International Criminal Law from the elective group of courses. In the capacity of Mentor he supervised the creation of more than 20 doctoral dissertations, numerous master theses and a great number of master papers.   

While he worked as Professor at the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad he performed several functions: among other things he was President of the Council and Dean of the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad. He is currently Head of the Department for Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, President of the Faculty’s Council, Doctoral Studies Administrator, etc.

He served as Federal Minister of Justice in 1993-1994, Chairman of the Committee for International Law and Collection of Information about Crimes against Humanity, etc. In addition, he volunteered as Deputy Speaker of the Assembly of the City of Novi Sad.

He participated, as member or Chairman, in the work of numerous expert commissions that worked on of statutory projects. He was a Chairman of the Commission in charge of creation of the current Criminal Code, and is currently a Chairman of the Working Group for Changes and Amendments to the same Code. He is President of the Court of Honor which operates within the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (this is his third mandate), member of the Presiding Body of the Association for Criminal Law and Criminology of Yugoslavia, etc.  He is the representative of the Republic of Serbia in the Assembly of the International Criminal Court the seat of which is in the Hague. He is a member of the High Court Council.

He is Editor in Chief of two periodicals (The Criminology and Criminal Law Review and the Crimen Magazine).

He wrote or co-authored 12 books (nine in the country and three abroad:  five monographs, three commentaries – several editions, three textbooks – several editions, and one instruction book), including the monograph “Limits, Possibilities and Legitimacy of Criminal-Legal Protection”, Belgrade, 1987; a textbook on Criminal Law – the general part, 19th edition, Belgrade, 2012; as well as a Commentary on the Criminal Code, 4th edition, Belgrade 2012. He published more than 200 articles, papers and announcements that were presented at scientific and expert gatherings in the country and abroad, and participated in numerous scientific-research projects. Apart from topics from the field of Criminal Law (general and specific), his works also covered issues from the areas of criminal policy, reform of criminal legislation, comparative and international criminal law, and issues from the areas of philosophy, sociology and criminal law history. 

He participated in many international conventions, presenting his work and chairing sessions. He lectured at numerous educational judicial seminars and round tables in the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro.

He is fluent in German and English, but also speaks some Italian and Russian.