201350th Anniversary of the Constitution Court - First Day Cover

The Constitutional Court of Serbia has been the guardian of the Constitution and rule of law in the Republic of Serbia for the last 50 years. It is ranked among the oldest European constitutional courts for its existence for half a century. The mission of the Court started by introduction of constitutionality and legality control over the general acts in the Republic of Serbia ever since 1963, and it was extended in 2006 also to the human and minority rights and freedoms, guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, the European Convention for Protection of human rights and fundamental freedom and the standards acknowledged by the International Law.

Therefore, this important jubilee, which is also marked by the issue of a jubilee postal stamp, at the same time presents a confirmation of perseverance and effectiveness of the Constitutional Court in the efficient protection of fundamental constitutional values, especially human and minority rights and freedoms. This is also a sort of testimony of the modern European constitutional and legal tradition acceptance, as an in-depth orientation of the present and future activities of the Constitutional Court in performing its competences entrusted to it by the Costitution.