“HALF A CENTURY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SFRJ FROM 1974 – BETWEEN MYTHS AND THE PAST”

The international scientific conference “HALF A CENTURY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SFRJ FROM 1974 – BETWEEN MYTHS AND THE PAST” was held on September 25 and 26, 2024. Welcome words were delivered by Dr. Zoran Milošević, Deputy Director of the Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, and Dr. Vladan Petrov, Professor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Belgrade. Dr. Vladan Stanković, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Political Studies, addressed the attendees in front of the Organizational Council of the Conference.

To meet the Constitution of 1974; The right of the people to self-determination and the character of the Yugoslav federation (I); The right of the people to self-determination and the character of the Yugoslav Federation (II), are the names of the three panels during which the participants had the opportunity to present their papers and discuss during the first day of the Conference. The Constitution, adopted on February 12, 1974, unique in its nature, made significant changes in the state and socio-economic organization of the country in that period, and today, among the participants of the Conference, it opened numerous issues for debate.

The participants of the Conference, from all six republics of the former single Federal Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, had the opportunity to share their experiences from the Conference at the gala dinner, and already tomorrow, during the second day, to continue the scientific discussion through two panels: Individual, institutions and organization of government in the Constitution of 1974; Critical reception between the Constitution and ideology – the place of the SFRY Constitution in the history of constitutionalism, which was followed by a discussion and the organizer’s closing speech.

In anticipation of the proceedings and presentations from the Conference, which will be broadcast in the coming period on the YouTube channel of the Institute for Political Studies, we sincerely thank everyone for their participation and contribution to make the Conference constructive until the very end.