National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Thursday, 10 June 2004
Talks on improving the efficiency of Serbia’s courts
The chairman and members of the National Assembly’s Committee on Justice and Administration, Branislav Ristivojevic, Vojkan Tomic and Istvan Takacs, met today at the Assembly the American legal expert Markus Zimmer and representatives of the consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton, on a visit to Serbia at the invitation of the Ministry of Justice.
The chairman and members of the National Assembly’s Committee on Justice and Administration, Branislav Ristivojevic, Vojkan Tomic and Istvan Takacs, met today at the Assembly the American legal expert Markus Zimmer and representatives of the consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton, on a visit to Serbia at the invitation of the Ministry of Justice.
Their task is to prepare a comprehensive analysis of court efficiency (for municipal, district and commercial courts, as well as the Supreme Court), and suggest measures to improve court administration.
Underlining the inefficiency of Serbia’s judiciary, where the actual trial work is not separate from court administration and trial preparation, both delegations agreed that it was necessary to reform the judiciary with the aim of making it more functionally efficient and less susceptible to corruption.
The inadequate financial and human resources of courts were also emphasised, while it was resolved that the creation of a new role for judges, as important and respectable social figures, was no less important.
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10.30 - the members of the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meet with the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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11.00 - the Head and members of the PFG with the Benelux meet with a delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.50 - the National Assembly Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the European Integration Committee and the Committee members meet with the delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.00 - press conference of the Party of Freedom and Justice Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - the National Assembly Speaker at the opening ceremony of the Conference of Parliament Speakers of EU Candidate Countries (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)
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12.15 - the Serbian youth, members of the folklore group “Morava”, Cleveland, Ohio, visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)
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16.45 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Moldovan Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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17.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Georgian Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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18.10 - sitting of the of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)