On 27 November 2020, with the support of Council of Europe a Working Group of the Ministry of Justice and Prison Administration begun its work on the development of the new Strategy for Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions.
During the meeting, members of the Working Group discussed inter alia the successfulness of the expiring 2013- 2020 Strategy for Further Development of the System of Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions, as well as the timeframe, and priorities of the new strategic document. As a result of the meeting five strategic priorities were defined and a 6-year time frame of the of the future strategy was set.
This activity was organised by the EU and Council of Europe Joint Project “Enhancing Human Rights Protection for Detained and Sentenced Persons in Serbia”, Phase II (Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II), which is designed to support the Serbian authorities in ensuring the implementation of the key European standards and assists further progress in the European integration process.