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Belgrade 15 May 2026
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High Prosecutorial Council discusses progress achieved and future challenges in Serbia

The High Prosecutorial Council of Serbia gathered prosecutors, legal experts and former and current Council members in Belgrade on 15 May 2026 to assess progress achieved since the institution’s establishment in 2023 and discuss key challenges ahead in strengthening the independence, accountability and transparency of Serbia’s prosecution service.

Established following constitutional and legislative reforms aimed at strengthening autonomy of prosecution service, the Council used the round table to reflect on how its institutional mandate and new competences have been implemented in practice, while identifying priorities for the incoming composition of the institution.

The participants focused on strengthening the independence and accountability of the prosecution service, including the need for fostering transparency of the Council’s work and reporting, communication with the public and media and relevant stakeholders. The role of the Council in promotion of professional ethics and integrity and protection from undue influence was particularly emphasised.

The round table was an excellent opportunity to foster a dialogue within the Council and ensure continuity of the institution, taking stalk of the results achieved and jointly identifying the forthcoming steps in consolidating the High Prosecutorial Council as a genuine holder of judicial branch of power.

This event was organised within the framework of the Action “Strengthening legal culture in Serbia and capacities of the judicial and prosecutorial councils”, under the joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye”, in co-operation with the High Prosecutorial Council.

Work in this thematic area focuses on prisons and police (including human rights in policing, healthcare in prisons and safeguards against torture and ill-treatment), human rights standards in the judiciary (focusing on enhancing the application of case-law of the European Court of Human Rights), migration issues, the efficiency of justice systems (with a focus on analysing judicial statistics to optimise court administrations) and/or legal co-operation (which concentrates on increasing the individual independence of judges and prosecutors and the accountability of the judicial system).

Actions under theme I: Strengthening justice

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.