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New courtroom opens in Belgrade District Court

Belgrade, 20 October 2006

Serbian Minister of Justice Zoran Stojkovic attended today the opening of a new courtroom and accompanying premises in the Belgrade District Court, which are intended for investigative organs of the Special Court for War Crimes and Organised Crime.

Sinisa Vazic and Zoran Stojkovic

Author: Fonet

Stojkovic told a press conference that the new department is equipped with modern audio-visual technology which will make the work of the investigating judges easier by allowing hearings involving large groups of suspects.

He said that this department building, spanning an area of 250 square meters, consists of three investigation offices, courtroom, rooms for suspect identification, and each investigation office has a camera which can record testimonies by suspects.

Stojkovic said that the Ministry of Justice will continue work on adopting laws according to which the councils for organised crime and war crimes could arrange trials also in the premises of the courts of appeal in Novi Sad, Nis and Kragujevac, which will make their work more efficient and quicker.

According to Stojkovic, very soon construction works on the detention unit of the Special Court will also be finished, where in the future, suspects for organised crime and war crimes will be detained.

President of the Belgrade District Court Sinisa Vazic stressed on the occasion that the new premises will reduce load on existing courtrooms where main hearings are held, for which purpose, if required the new courtroom will be used.

Vazic said that during the next week the tender for reconstruction of two more courtrooms in the Palace of Justice will be concluded, these rooms will also be equipped with audio-visual technology, for which the Ministry of Justice has secured funds.

The opening of the courtrooms was attended also by Special Prosecutor for Organised Crime Slobodan Radovanovic, President of the Special Court Milan Ranic, Prosecutor for War Crimes Vladimir Vukcevic, Judge Nata Mesarevic, as well as spokespersons for the Special Court and prosecutor’s office Maja Kovacevic-Tomic and Tomo Zoric.

The construction of the new buildings in the District Court was completed 30 days before the deadline, and funds for construction, worth 16 million dinars, were provided by the Ministry of Justice.