RESECO and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, with the support of the KAS Rule of Law Program in Southeast Europe, organized a hybrid conference on April 13, 2022. The conference, titled “Serbian Judiciary and European Integration in the Context of Constitutional Changes”, was opened by the director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Office for Serbia and Montenegro, Mr. Norbert Beckmann Dierkes, Dr. Pavel Usvatov, director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation-Rule of Law Program in Southeast European Countries and RESECO’s Executive Director, Dr. Stefan Surlic.
In the introductory part, Dr. Vladimir Orlic, Vice President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, spoke and emphasized that the implementation of constitutional changes in Serbia is a big and demanding task. Dirk Lorenc, head of the Political Division of the EU Delegation in Serbia, welcomed the alignment of the Constitution of Serbia with European Union standards and emphasized the continued willingness of the EU to support judiciary reforms in Serbia.
The conference, divided into two thematic panels – “Constitution – Judicial Reforms, Independent Judiciary and EU Integration” and “Political System, Parliamentarism and State Administration – Possible Constitutional Changes?” was attended by prominent lawyers, decision-makers, researchers, representatives of civil society and students.
In the first panel, speakers included Dr. Vladan Petrov, professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia, member of the Venice Commission and Head of the Working Group for the Preparation of the Constitutional Amendment Act, Dr. Irena Pejic, professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Nis and Jovana Spremo, advisor, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (YUKOM).
The second panel discussed the topic with Dr. Marijana Pajvancic, retired professor, Faculty of Law, University of Novi Sad, Dr. Bojan Klacar, Executive Director of the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID) and Milan Antonijevic, lawyer and human rights activist, Belgrade.
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