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Serbia Judicial Functional Review

Serbia intends to further accelerate its justice sector reform process based on promising results achieved during the past years. This process aims at strengthening the rule of law and improving the capacity, performance, efficiency, integrity, accountability and professionalism of its justice sector and justice sector officials. The National Judicial Reform Strategy (NJRS) prepared in 2006 has provided a basis for moving forward on issues critical for EU integration and has been influential in directing judicial reform over the last three years. The development and recent adoption of a new 2013-2018 NJRS has further strengthened this basis for reform.

To provide input to the design of the next phase of justice sector reform in Serbia and to inform the accession negotiations between Serbia and the European Union, the World Bank was requested by both sides to carry out a Judicial Functional Review. While this Review will draw from lessons learned during reviews in other countries and incorporate innovations, it will be tailored to the very specific needs of the Serbian context.

For more information about the Functional Review please follow the link. Outputs produced under the Functional Review, as well as a whole range of documents used in the analysis, can be found in the Documents sections.

Serbia Judicial Functional Review – Infographic

Serbia Judicial Functional Review – Stakeholders Perspective

Functional Review - Outputs

Serbia Judicial Functional Review - Main Findings with Recommendations - World Bank
Serbia Judicial Functional Review - Full report - World Bank
Experiences and Perceptions of Justice in Serbia - World Bank
Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures
in Serbia - World Bank
Utilities - De Jure Map - World Bank
Divorce Procedure - De Jure plus De Facto Map - World Bank
Eviction Procedure - De Jure plus De Facto Map - World bank
Family Violence - 2001-2013 Criminal Procedure Code - De Jure plus De Facto Map - World Bank
Family Violence - 2013 Criminal Procedure Code - De Jure plus De Facto Map - World Bank
Judicial Functional Review - PPT - World Bank
Workshop in Nis - Objectives and Introduction - PPT - World Bank
Workshop in NIs - Performance Framework part 1 - World Bank
Workshop in NIs - Performance Framework part 2 - World Bank
Desk Review of Analytic Work on Justice reform in Serbia - World Bank
Pregled postojecih analiza o reformi pravosudja u Srbiji - World Bank
Tabela pratecih profesionalnih usluga u pravosudju - World Bank
Allied Professional Services Matrix - World Bank
Functional Analysis - Status Update - World Bank
Funkcionalna analiza - izvestaj o statusu - World Bank
Court Data - MEGATABLE - World Bank
Podaci o sudovima - MEGATABELA - World Bank
Key findings from the Multi-Perspective Stakeholders Survey on the Perceptions of Judiciary in Serbia - World Bank
Glavni nalazi iz istrazivanja na temu percepcije sudstva u Srbiji - World Bank
Annex 1: Background Information on the Serbian Judiciary - World Bank

Functional Review - Background Documents

Judicial Functional Review - Concept Note - World Bank
Mediation in Serbia, Achievements and Challenges - Partners for Democratic Change
Annual Report 2012 - Anti-Corruption Agency
Annual Report -2011 - Anti-Corruption Agency
Annual Report 2009 - High Judicial Council (in Serbian)
Annual Report 2010 - High Judicial Council (in Serbian)
Annual Report 2011 - High Judicial Council (in Serbian)
Annual Report 2012 - High Judicial Council (in Serbian)
Strategi Plan 2011-2013, High Judicial Council - Separation of Power Project (USAID funded)
Annual Report 2011 - Ombudsman
Annual Report 2012 - Ombudsman
Annual report 2011, Statistical information about the performance of courts in Serbia - Supreme Court of Cassation (in Serbian)
Annual report 2012, Statistical information about the performance of courts in Serbia - Supreme Court of Cassation (in Serbian)
Annual report 2012, Analysis of the court operations in Serbia - Supreme Court of Cassation (in Serbian)
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IN THE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSOs) SECTOR IN SERBIA - The Civic Initiatives
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA CIVIL SOCIETY ASSESSMENT REPORT 2010 - USAID
Strenghteninig Civil Society in Serbia 2010 - OSCE Mission in Serbia
Needs Assessment Report, TACSO 2011 - TACSO
SIGMA Report 2011, Assessment - OECD, SIGMA
SIGMA Report 2012, Assessment - OECD, SIGMA
SIGMA Report 2013, Assessment - OECD, SIGMA
SIGMA Report 2013, Priorities - OECD, SIGMA
BUSINESS, CORRUPTION AND CRIME IN THE WESTERN BALKANS: The impact of bribery and other crimes on private enterprise - UNODC
Improvement of Equal Opportunities within the Serbian Judicial System - YUCOM for IMG
Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2013-2014 - The EU Commission
SERBIA, 2013 PROGRESS REPORT - The EU Commission
EU Anti-Corruption Report - The EU Commission
Guidelines to the Acquis Communautaire
Serbia: Spending for Justice - A judicial Public Expenditure and Institutional Review - World Bank
Srbija: Javna potrosnja u pravosudju (JPEIR) - World Bank