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Tuesday, 9 May 2006
‘High Judicial Council – a comparative analysis of European and regional models’ conference opens
At the invitation of the Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Serbia, Vida Petrovic-Skero, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Hans Ole Urstad, the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Predrag Markovic, today opened a two-day conference devoted to discussion of Serbia’s High Judicial Council.
At the invitation of the Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Serbia, Vida Petrovic-Skero, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to
Addressing the attendees, Mr Markovic emphasised that the main aim of the conference would be to get to know both the good and the bad experiences of other countries, which would, in his words, ‘teach’ us that the High Judicial Council, as important a body as it is, is at the same time part of the system. ‘Only if we know what we strive for, what we can do, and what we really want, we will be able to define the High Judicial Council and its role in Serbia’s new constitution’. The National Judiciary Reform Strategy will be strengthened and passed by the National Assembly by the end of May, if its stability is upheld responsibly, and enshrined in the new constitution, Markovic said. He told the conference that its discussion should make it possible for anyone in
The ‘High Judicial Council – a comparative analysis of European and regional models’ conference is being organised by the High Judicial Council of the Republic of Serbia and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro on 9 and 10 May 2006 at Belgrade’s Sava Centre.
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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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)
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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)
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11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)
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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)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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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)