A Conference on Judicial Independence was organised by the Council of Europe and OSCE Mission to Serbia, in co-ordination with the Ministry of Justice, the High Judicial Council and the State Prosecutorial Council. It brought together more than 100 judges, prosecutors, representatives of civil society organisations and journalists.  For more information please see  Independent judiciary - a key requirement of strengthening democracy.

The Conference was organised within the action “Strengthening Legal Guarantees for Independent and Impartial Tribunals” which is being implemented in Serbia as a part of the programme “Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey” funded by the European Union and co-funded and implemented by the Council of Europe.