The Serbian State Prosecutorial Council’s Working Group tasked with amending the Code of Ethics for public prosecutors held its fourth working meeting today to discuss the proposed changes to the Code together with a set of guidelines on ethical dilemmas.
Members of the Working Group focused on developing implementing guidelines for a number of principles contained in the Code of Ethics. These include the principle of autonomy, impartiality, observation of the law, proportionality, responsibility and commitment, professional and personal integrity. The guidelines will be a living instrument, which the Ethics Committee will be revising and adding, based on their practice.
The meeting was held under the Action “Strengthening independence and accountability of the judiciary” which is part of the “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II”, a co-operation initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, which aims at assisting beneficiaries in the Western Balkans region and Turkey to comply with the Council of Europe standards and European Union acquis in the framework of the enlargement process, where relevant.
