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Monday, 4 May 2015

29th Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality

At the sitting held on 4 May 2015, the members of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality considered the Bill on the Confirmation of Protocol No.15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Bill on the Protection of the Right to Trial within a Reasonable Time, in principle.

Ministry of Justice representative Jovan Cosic provided the rationale for the Bill on the Confirmation of Protocol No.15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, saying that the Protocol had been signed by the Council of Europe member states in 2013, and the Republic of Serbia had ratified in December 2013. He stressed that passing the Bill finalises the process of its confirmation, adding that the Protocol amends four articles of the Convention in the part related to the crucial role of the European Court of Human Rights.
Speaking of the Bill on the Protection of the Right to Trial within a Reasonable Time, Assistant Minister Cedomir Backovic said that it enables the parties involved in a trial to object to the court president if dissatisfied by the speed of the proceedings, and it is then the court president’s duty to rule on the objection within two months from the moment it is lodged.
The chief objectives of the Bill are to institute effective means to protect the constitutional right to trial within a reasonable time period, give the courts flexibility to rule on the legal means employed to protect the right to trial within a reasonable time, prevent overburdening of courts and ensure uniformity of compensation practice.
Following a debate, the Committee members adopted the Bill on the Confirmation of Protocol No.15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Bill on the Protection of the Right to Trial within a Reasonable Time, in principle.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Meho Omerovic.

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monday, 15 december

  • 11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

  • 11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)

  • 12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

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