Making femicide visible

This paper examines the challenges of measuring, recording, and responding to femicide in Serbia. In the absence of unified official statistics, the analysis draws on data collected by the Autonomous Women's Center between 2010 and 2019, documenting a minimum of 307 femicide cases over the past decade. The paper identifies key limitations in existing data collection methods, examines patterns in institutional responses to violence preceding femicide, and reviews judicial practice in femicide prosecutions. The findings point to systemic gaps in inter-institutional coordination, risk assessment, and criminal policy, and highlight the need for a standardized national recording framework and evidence-based prevention measures. This article is available in English language only.