page_title: Dušanovac
section_title: Characteristics
hierarchical_section_title: Dušanovac / Characteristics
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Brace Kovac street in Dusanovac, in winter. Photo by Dragan Markovic
context_page_description: Dušanovac, is an urban neighbourhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Voždovac.
context_section_description: Dušanovac was always an area with working class population, settled in predominantly small-to-medium houses with backyards. It is mostly residential area without major industrial objects. However, in 1974 a Belgrade-Niš highway was constructed right through the neighbourhood, splitting it in two parts, and along the highway huge car shops, exhibitor's salons, restaurants and other commercial objects are still being built. Located right next to the highway is also an open produce market Dušanovačka pijaca (Cyrillic: Душановачка пијаца; Market of Dušanovac), one of the major ones in Belgrade. 
  The population of Dušanovac was 7,301 in 2002 and 6,283 in 2011.
  An area to the north, between the highway and Ustanička Street  (Cyrillic: Устаничка; Street of the Rebellion(s)) is turned into an administrative center, including the municipal assembly of Voždovac, the police and fire station, the local clinical-ambulance center, the Fifth Municipal Court of Belgrade and the Special section of the Supreme court of Serbia for organized crime and war crimes (formerly the Supreme Military Court of Yugoslavia), or colloquially called the Special Court.
  Special Court
  The building of the Special Court served as the Supreme Military Court until the military judiciary was abolished. After the assassination of prime minister Zoran Đinđić in 2003, the building was thoroughly renovated and adapted for the trials concerning the organized crime and war crimes. Defense minister of Yugoslavia Boris Tadić handed over the keys to the Serbian justice minister Vladan Batić on 24 October 2003, after the adaptation was completed. The building was transformed by the Italian model of the high risk mafia trials, with the latest generation of the audio-visual-safety equipment, previously unseen in this part of Europe.
  The largest courtroom in the building, Courtroom 1, is also the largest one in the entire Serbia: there are 500 seats in the audience and the dock is large enough for 50 accuseds. Courtroom 2, named after the Italian judge Giovanni Falcone, is smaller, with the dock set for the groups of 10. The building has also a detention unit and the inner parking, accessible via a specially guarded gate and fenced with high walls.
  In August 2018 it was announced that the building will be expanded, with additional 4,000 m² (43,000 sq ft). The expansion will actually be a completely new building, adjacent to the old one. It is planned for the Prosecutors office for the organized crime which will move out of the old building leaving it solely to the court business. Works are planned for 2018 and to be finished by 2020 in a 1-1,5 years.
caption: Dusanovac in winter
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