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MDTF Activities

Expert witnesses: Cogs or oil in the wheels of justice? - December 22, 2019

The wheels of justice turn slowly, so the saying goes. But can the use of expert witnesses help turn them a little faster? Or are they just cogs in the wheels? An expert witness is a person with a specialized skill set, whose opinion may help a court make sense of ...

Participation and support to the organization of the Annual Judges Conference in Vrnjačka Banja 2019 - November 15, 2019

Background information: The Supreme Court of Cassation traditionally organized its Annual Judges’ Conference in town of Vrnjačka Banja, from October 9-12, 2019. The Conference focused on recent developments and issues in court practice and the legal framework and exchange of best practices. This year, the conference was attended by more than 1,400 ...

87 Public Prosecutor’s Offices Websites Officially Launched - July 18, 2019

The MDTF-JSS Analysis of Prosecutor’s Offices Websites in the Republic of Serbia revealed that less than 20 percent of Prosecutor’s Offices in 2017 had their website. In September 2017, MDTF-JSS and State Prosecutorial Council (SPC) in cooperation with Republic Public Prosecutor Office initiated development of “Multi-Site System for all Public ...

Professionals Discussed Small Claims in Serbia - June 28, 2019

On 24 June 2019, the MDTF-JSS team organized a dissemination event to present the key findings and recommendations emanating from the draft report titled Small Claims: Where Does Serbia Stand? The draft report contains a comparative analysis of the small claims procedures of several EU countries and compares them to ...

Small Claims in Serbia – Recommendations for Streamlining the Procedure - April 23, 2019

Serbia Judicial Functional Review of 2014 recommends streamlining the procedure for small claims with a view to its acceleration as one of the measures for improvement of overall country’s judicial system performance. To support Serbian authorities in designing reforms the MDTF JSS prepared Report Small Claims – Where Does Serbia ...

Key Findings and Recommendations - Functional Review of the Prosecution System in Serbia - January 28, 2019

This Functional Review (FR) is the most comprehensive examination to date of the workings of Serbia’s prosecutorial system, and includes options and recommendations to assist Serbia achieve the requirements of Chapter 23 of the European Union’s (EU) Acquis Communautaire. One of the principal goals of the Review is to present ...

Consultation on draft Functional Review of the Prosecution System in Serbia - January 15, 2019

Following request of the State Prosecutorial Council the MDTF-JSS team prepared the Functional review of the Prosecution System as the most comprehensive examination of the workings of Serbia’s prosecutorial system. The needs for the Review arises from conceptual change of criminal procedure in Serbia and introduction of prosecutorial led investigation. ...