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Necessary to modernise international legal norms
Belgrade/Moscow- Nov 9,
9 November 2006
Serbian Minister of Justice Zoran Stojkovic said today that the ministers of justice and interior of member countries of the Council of Europe reached agreement at the conference in Moscow on the necessity of modernising multinational regulations regarding the process of extradition and provision of legal aid.
Stojkoivc, who is leading the delegation of the Serbian Ministry of Justice and the Serbian Ministry of Interior at the conference in Moscow, said in a statement to the news agency Tanjug that setting new standards at the international level, especially in Europe, implies that countries individually adapt their justice systems to new standards. He added that Serbia is also preparing the law on extradition and legal aid which would be separate from the Law on criminal procedure.
He said that by modernising and finalising of several conventions regarding the matter it would be possible to achieve the establishment of the same procedure in different countries.
The Minister said that it was also concluded that there are also problems when it comes to the issue of organised crime, terrorism, human trafficking and cyber crime.
According to Stojkovic, cross-border crime cannot be overcome by one country alone, and difficulties arise also due to the fact that some of the conventions which regulate criminal procedure were adopted 30 or 40 years back.
On the other hand, he stressed, besides the conventions, it is also necessary to update bilateral agreements, considering the fact that a certain number of countries have no mutually arranged bilateral agreements, and national legislation is different in some aspects, which causes halts in the extradition procedure and provision of legal aid.
He said that by modernising and finalising of several conventions regarding the matter it would be possible to achieve the establishment of the same procedure in different countries.
The Minister said that it was also concluded that there are also problems when it comes to the issue of organised crime, terrorism, human trafficking and cyber crime.
According to Stojkovic, cross-border crime cannot be overcome by one country alone, and difficulties arise also due to the fact that some of the conventions which regulate criminal procedure were adopted 30 or 40 years back.
On the other hand, he stressed, besides the conventions, it is also necessary to update bilateral agreements, considering the fact that a certain number of countries have no mutually arranged bilateral agreements, and national legislation is different in some aspects, which causes halts in the extradition procedure and provision of legal aid.
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