Trial Monitoring of Organized Crime and Corruption Cases in South-East Europe
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The aim of this meeting is to review the OSCE’s trial-monitoring methodology and accompanying tools for an EU-funded project to support better administration of justice in corruption and organized crime cases in the Western Balkans. The methodology and tools were created by ODIHR in consultation and co-operation with the OSCE field operations in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo,[1] as well as the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre.
As a result of this meeting, recommendations to amend the trial monitoring methodology and tools should be agreed, the final versions of these documents should be approved by the EU and adopted by the OSCE by the end of April.
The methodology and tools will provide the framework for monitoring of organized crime and corruption cases by the OSCE starting in July 2021. Based on the findings of this trial monitoring, the OSCE will provide concrete recommendations to host authorities to provide a more effective judicial response to corruption and organized crime.
Participants
Representative of the Commission of the EU in Brussels, ODIHR, the Conflict Prevention Centre, and the five participating OSCE field operations.
Background
This three-year, EU-funded project, “Supporting a More Effective Administration of Justice in Corruption and Organised Crime Cases in the Western Balkans” began in January 2021 and builds on OSCE trial-monitoring expertise and experience in conducting trial monitoring of serious corruption and organized crime cases in South-East Europe.
[1] Any reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, its institutions, or population, is to be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244