HFII - Strengthening the effective legal remedies to human rights violations in Serbia
The main objectives of the Action are:
- Improving national mechanisms for the consistent application of the European Convention on Human Rights and case law of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as the national judicial practice;
- Fostering the national implementation of European human rights standards, including the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
The main stakeholders in the project are (in alphabetic order): Constitutional Court, Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights, High Judicial Council, Judicial Academy, Law Faculty of the University of Belgrade, Ministry of European Integrations, Ministry of Justice, Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office, State Prosecutorial Council, Supreme Court of Cassation.
The following results are expected:
- Reinforced capacity of legal professionals, including judges, prosecutors, lawyers and legal assistants, to apply the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights case law and to adequately address human right violations identified by the European Court of Human Rights;
- Strengthened case law departments in courts of all levels;
- Secured horizontal dialogue between Serbian courts on contentious legal issues;
- Strengthened mechanism for the execution of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to Serbia;
- Strengthened office of the Government’s Agent before the European Court of Human Rights
Project information
- Duration: 36 months (24 May 2019 - 23 May 2022)
- Place/ country: Serbia
- Budget: 900 000 EUR
- Funding: European Union/Council of Europe Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey
Project documentation
Useful links
- Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey
- Supporting effective remedies and mutual legal assistance in Serbia
Publications
- Needs Assessment on the Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in respect to Serbia - ENG - SRB
- Analysis of education on human rights at the faculties of law in Serbia - ENG - SRB
- European Human Rights Law- SRB
- Analysis of the effects of the Law on the protection of the right to a trial within reasonable time SRB
The Analysis of the effects of the Law on the protection of the right to a trial within reasonable time published
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HELP model course “Judicial reasoning and human rights” launched in Serbian
57 trainees of the tenth and the eleventh generation of the Judicial Academy of the Republic of Serbia have started the Council of Europe HELP course “Judicial Reasoning and Human Rights”. The hybrid launch event was addressed by Maja Prelic Simovic, Deputy Director of the Judicial Academy of...
The second edition of the publication “European Human Rights Law” published
The second, updated edition of the publication “European Human Rights Law”, authored by Ivana Krstic and Tanasije Marinkovic, professors at the Law Faculty in Belgrade, has been published. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of the organisation and jurisdiction of the European Court...