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Venice Commission confirms that Serbia improved set of judicial laws

Belgrade, 12 June 2026

Minister of Justice Nenad Vujić stated today that the Republic of Serbia has fully aligned a set of amendments to judicial laws with the standards of the Venice Commission, which clearly confirms that the amendments were not a step backwards in judicial reform.

After a plenary session of the Venice Commission, which he attended together with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Ana Brnabić, Vujić pointed out that, on the contrary, the Venice Commission itself concluded that the amendments represent a step forward in improving the efficiency of the judiciary.

The Minister pointed out that harmonisation means that we have not “abolished” the laws, but rather that in the harmonisation process we have offered explanations, many of which have been accepted, such as, for example, that the referral of prosecutors should be within the competence of the High Prosecutorial Council, and not an individual.

He added that in some issues we have reached improved solutions.

What we agreed with the Venice Commission will be immediately implemented through the process of amending and supplementing the set of judicial laws. I believe that we have advanced and improved many solutions and I am grateful to the Venice Commission for its urgent and dedicated work, Vujić said.

The Venice Commission today, at its plenary session, positively assessed the draft amendments to the Law on the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Law on the Organisation and Competence of State Bodies for the Fight against High-Tech Crime, the Law on the Seats and Territories of Courts and Public Prosecutor's Offices, the Law on Judges, and the Law on the High Prosecutor's Council, as well as the Draft of a new law on the Judicial Academy.

In the previous period, the Ministry of Justice, together with the rapporteurs of the Venice Commission and representatives of the domestic profession, determined the best legal solutions for an independent judiciary and an independent public prosecutor's office, i.e. an efficient and accountable judiciary as a whole, with a special focus on the accessibility of justice to all citizens of Serbia.