Tijana Juric Foundation

Recent arrest of a pedophile doctor from Novi Sad, unfortunately, only confirmed the words of Juric that there are seemingly respectable citizens who sexually abuse children.

The amendments abolish jail sentences of 30 and 40 years - until now the most severe legal penalty for the gravest crimes - and introduces life imprisonment instead.

Serbia's opposition Centrist Movement has proposed changes to the law on petitions, aiming to address a loophole that enables parliament to ignore citizens' initiatives, such as one from the Tijana Juric Foundation, which seeks harsher penalties for killers of children.

The Tijana Juric Foundation, an organisation named after a murdered teen and which campaigns for the safety of children in Serbia, is due to submit a petition on Thursday in support of giving life prison terms without parole for convicted killers of minors and pregnant women.

A petition is being launched in about 40 towns to introduce life sentence for those found guilty of raping and murdering children, minors, and pregnant women.

The initiative has been launched by the Tijana Juric Foundation - named after a 15-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered in 2014 - and requires at least 30,000 signatures to enter parliamentary procedure.

A petition is being launched in about 40 towns to introduce life sentence for those found guilty of raping and murdering children, minors, and pregnant women.

The initiative has been launched by the Tijana Juric Foundation - named after a 15-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered in 2014 - and requires at least 30,000 signatures to enter parliamentary procedure.