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Council of Europe Serbia's partner in drafting judicial laws

Belgrade, 24 August 2022

Minister of Justice Maja Popovic said today, at a meeting with Head of the Council of Europe Mission in Belgrade Tobias Flesenkemper, that the Ministry is carrying out the process of drafting a set of judicial laws in a transparent and inclusive manner.

Popovic pointed out that the consultation process with the rapporteurs of the Venice Commission, with whom excellent cooperation has been achieved so far, contributes significantly to this.

She explained that after the working groups finalise the work on drafting judicial laws, the working versions will be sent to the Venice Commission for their opinion and the implementation of a comprehensive public hearing will begin.

The Minister informed Flesenkemper about the results in the area of judicial reform, as well as the planned further activities aimed at harmonizing normative solutions with changes to the Constitution within the time limit provided by the Constitutional Law.

Thanking the support provided by the Council of Europe to Serbia, Popovic emphasised that strengthening the independence of the judiciary and the independence of public prosecutors cannot be achieved without the adoption of quality judicial laws.

Flesenkemper pointed out that the Council of Europe is Serbia's partner in this process, and expressed his willingness to continue high-level cooperation in the future to strengthen the rule of law.