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OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds conference on best practices for high judicial councils
BELGRADE 10 May 2006
BELGRADE, 10 May 2006 - The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the High Judicial Council of Serbia held a two-day conference on the best practices for such bodies, which seek to guarantee judicial independence and oversee various administrative aspects of the judiciary.
Experts and members of regional judicial councils from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, Sweden and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia attended the event.
"Reform of the country's judiciary must ensure that the authority of the High Judicial Council is strengthened and its independence guaranteed," said Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, Head of the OSCE Mission. "There should be no room for political interference in the work of public prosecutors investigating criminal cases."
The draft National Judicial Reform Strategy for Serbia calls for broad changes to the current High Judicial Council and the creation of a second body related to the oversight of public prosecutors.
Participants discussed the selection, composition, and mandate of high judicial councils, the operating procedures and criteria used for decision-making, as well as interaction with the Justice Ministry and Parliament and administrative and the operational support necessary for the efficient operation of the councils.
Experts and members of regional judicial councils from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, Sweden and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia attended the event.
"Reform of the country's judiciary must ensure that the authority of the High Judicial Council is strengthened and its independence guaranteed," said Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, Head of the OSCE Mission. "There should be no room for political interference in the work of public prosecutors investigating criminal cases."
The draft National Judicial Reform Strategy for Serbia calls for broad changes to the current High Judicial Council and the creation of a second body related to the oversight of public prosecutors.
Participants discussed the selection, composition, and mandate of high judicial councils, the operating procedures and criteria used for decision-making, as well as interaction with the Justice Ministry and Parliament and administrative and the operational support necessary for the efficient operation of the councils.