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February 1974 · Before 1981

The 1974 Yugoslav Constitution

The fourth SFRY Constitution gave Serbia's two autonomous provinces, Kosovo and Vojvodina, broad autonomy: their own constitutions, constitutional courts and representation in the federal Presidency and chambers.
Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.Before the warPolitics

Editorial status: Awaiting verificationDrafted from the cited sources; not yet fully reviewed by the editors.

Key facts

Date
February 1974
Place
Unknown
Sources
2
Evidence status
Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.

The ICTY judgment in Milutinović et al. describes the constitution as promulgated in February 1974 and notes that its effect on Serbia's powers was criticised by Serbian constitutional experts in a confidential 1977 study (the “Blue Book”) [1].

Sources

  1. [1]Tribunali Penal Ndërkombëtar për ish-Jugosllavinë (ICTY). Prosecutor v. Milutinović et al., Judgement, Volume 1 of 4. 2009-02-26. IT-05-87-T. https://www.icty.org/x/cases/milutinovic/tjug/en/jud090226-e1of4.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16. — paras 213–217
  2. [2]Slavica Banić. Vremeplov: Ustav SFRJ iz 1974. – 21. veljače 1974.. Informator (Zagreb), 2023-02-20. https://informator.hr/strucni-clanci-vremeplov/vremeplov-ustav-sfrj-iz-1974-21-veljace-1974. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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