Republic of Serbia

Ministry of Justice

Nemanjina 22-26

Belgrade

      

Republic of Serbia

Supreme Court of Cassation

Nemanjina 9

Belgrade        

CEPEJ

PILOT PEER REVIEW COOPERATION ON JUDICIAL STATISTICS

EVALUATION MISSION No. 17

Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

1-2 March 2016

Agenda:

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

9.15-16.00

Meeting at the Supreme Court of Cassation, Nemanjina 9, Belgrade

9.15-9.40

-      Welcome speech (D. Milojević, President of SCC),

-      Introductory remarks by CEPEJ experts,

-      Short overview of the judicial system of the Republic of Serbia and judicial reform (Č. Backović)

9.40-10.15

-      Short presentation on organization of the court system, overview of role of High Judicial Council, status of judges, performance and evaluation (HJC)

-      Short presentation on organization of the prosecution system, overview of the role of State Prosecutorial Council, status of public prosecutors, performance and evaluation (B. Stamenković)

-      Non-judicial staff, judicial network (N. Kuburović)

10.15-10.45

-      Budgetary issues in the judiciary - competences, data collection, including problems in gathering data for CEPEJ Evaluation Scheme (S. Jelača, B. Tomašević, B. Stamenković)

-      Дискусија

10.45-11.00

Coffee break

11.00-12.30            

-      Courts’ information system and electronic services provided by courts – (Representative of MoJ IT Department)

-      Court statistics - overall way of collecting and processing of judicial data, contentious cases, calculation methods of length of proceedings, reports which are not generated from existing systems, difficulties with collection of data requested by the CEPEJ (D. Milojević et al.)

-      Discussion regarding existing sent data, answering of CEPEJ scheme for evaluation of judicial systems and way forward

12.30-13.30

Lunch (Catering – SCC)

13.30-15.30

-      On- field visit to the Supreme Court of Cassation (“SAPS”)

-      On- field visit to the Administrative Court

-      On- field visit to the Commercial Court of Appeal

19.00 - 21.00           

Dinner (High Judicial Council - to confirm location)

Wednesday, 2 March 2016

9.00-10.00

On- field visit to the Basic Court in Belgrade, Palace of Justice, Savska 17a

(tracking the case, from its arrival to its arrival to the judge – “AVP”)

10.30-12.00

Meeting at the Ministry of Justice, Nemanjina 22-26, Belgrade

10.30-11.15

-      Judicial professions and envisioned reforms (enforcement agents – enforcement of court decisions, notaries, mediators – alternative dispute resolution, lawyers (organisation of registers of bar associations and problems in collecting requested data), judicial (technical) experts, court interpreters (I. Ninčić)

-      Access to justice

11.00-12.00

Discussion

-      Collection of data requested by the CEPEJ and difficulties: practical experience with the data collection and filling in the CEPEJ scheme for evaluation of judicial systems.

-      Possible future cooperation activities

12.00-13.30

Lunch


Participants:

For the Republic of Serbia:

Ministry of Justice

-      Ms. Nela KUBUROVIĆ, Assistant Minister in charge of the Sector for Judiciary, CEPEJ Member;

-      Mr. Čedomir BACKOVIĆ, Assistant Minister in charge of the Sector for European Integrations and International Projects, President of Negotiating Group for Chapter 23;

-      Ms. Slavica JELAČA, Assistant Minister in charge of the Sector for Material and Financial Affairs;

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-      Mr. Mario MALETIĆ, Head of IT Department;

-      Mr. Vladimir PEJČIĆ, IT Department;

-      Ms. Vesna KOVAČEVIĆ, Head of Department for Analytics and HR;

-      Ms. Zorana ILIĆ-TERZIĆ;

-      Ms. Jelena IVKOVIĆ, Ministry of Justice, Mediators’ Register;

-      Ms. Ivana NINČIĆ, Consultant for the Reform of Legal Professions, CEPEJ National Correspondent/Deputy Member;

High Judicial Council

-      Mr. Dragomir MILOJEVIĆ,

-      Ms. Majda KRŠIKAPA, Secretary, HJC;

-      Ms. Branka TOMAŠEVIĆ, Assistant Secretary, HJC

State Prosecutorial Council

Republic Public Prosecutors Office

-      Mr. Branko STAMENKOVIĆ, Special Public Prosecutor for High-Tech Crime, Elected Member of State Prosecutorial Council

-      TBC

Supreme Court of Cassation, Republic of Serbia

-      Mr. Dragomir MILOJEVIĆ, judge, President of SCC;

-      Ms. Snežana ANDREJEVIĆ, judge, SCC;

-      Mrs. Radmila DRAGIĆEVIĆ-DIČIĆ, Judge, SCC;

-      Mrs. Gordana AJNŠPILER-POPOVIĆ, Judge, SCC;

-      Ms. Sonja PROSTRAN, Consultant;

-      Ms. Vanja RODIĆ

-      Ms. Mirjana PUZOVIĆ;

-      Ms. Ljupka GOGIĆ

Judicial Academy

-      Mr. Nenad VUJIĆ, Director;

-      Momira MATIĆ, Programme Director

Bar Association of Serbia

-      TBC

Notary Chamber of Serbia

-      TBC

Chamber of Enforcement Agents of Serbia

-      TBC

For the CEPEJ:

-      Mr. Georg STAWA, President of the CEPEJ and member of GT-EVAL;

-      Mr. Jaša VRABEC, CEPEJ expert and national correspondent, Slovenia;

-      Ms. Munira DISSAJI, CEPEJ expert, United Kingdom;

-      Ms. Christel SCHURRER (Council of Europe), Secretary of the Evaluation Group of the CEPEJ;

-      Ms. Lidija NAUMOVSKA (Council of Europe), CEPEJ Statisticians;

-      CoE translators (two, TBC).