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Reference Documents for Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 169-10-023 Judicial Reform and Government Accountability

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Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) prepared by USAID/Serbia and cleared by USAID Regional Environmental Officer

Background information about Serbia’s independent agencies

EU-related information

1. National Programme for Integration with the European Union

2. Stabilization and Accession Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Serbia (2008)

3. European Partnership for Serbia (2008)

4. Serbia 2009 Progress Report (of the European Commission)

Relevant Serbian legal provisions

1. Constitution of the Republic of Serbia (2006)

2. Law on Organization of Courts (passed 2008)

3. Law on Judges (passed 2008)

4. Law on High Court Council (High Judicial Council) (passed 2008)

5. Law on the Seats and Territorial Jurisdiction of Courts and Public Prosecutor’s Office (passed 2008)

6. Law on Public Prosecution (passed 2008)

7. Law on the State Prosecutorial Council (passed 2008)

8. Law on the Judicial Academy (passed 2009)

9. Law on Enforcement Procedure (2004)

10. Civil Procedure Code (2004)

11. Criminal Code (2006)

12. Law on Amendments and Additions to the Criminal Procedure Code (passed 2008)

13. Criminal Procedure Code 2001-2002

14. Law on Amendments and Additions to the Criminal Procedure Code (published 2009)

15. Criminal Procedure Code (2006, never implemented)

16. Law on Minor Offenses

17. Law on Amendments and Additions to the Law on Minor Offences (passed 2008)

18. Law on Juvenile Criminal Offenders and Criminal Protection of Juveniles

19. Law on General Administrative Procedure (2001)

20. Rules of Procedure for Magistrate Courts

21. Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance (2004); the law and amendments of 2007, 2009 and 2010 can also be found at http://www.poverenik.org.rs/index.php/en/doc/laws.

22. Law on Personal Data Protection (2008)

23. Law on the Anti-Corruption Agency (2008)

24. Law on Financing of Political Parties (effective January 1, 2004):

NOTE: A new law on the Financing of Political Parties was being drafted as of June 2010

25. Law on State Audit Agency (also known as the Supreme Audit Institution)

26. Law on Republic Ombudsman

Other official documents

Serbia’s National Strategy Against Corruption

Gender-related information

1. United National Development Fund for Women Country Profile on Serbia

2. United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Initial Report on Serbia, considered by the CEDAW 38th session (2007).

3. USAID/Serbia 2010 Gender Assessment

4. Information on women in the court system

5. Criminal Justice Statistics assembled by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (including some data about Domestic Violence as the term is defined in Serbia)

6. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Serbia: Domestic violence; legislation and implementation; support services for victims (2001 - April 2009)

Other relevant donor-funded programs, past and present

1. OSCE 2009 Programme Budget Performance Report

2. Canadian Judicial Reform Project

3. International Management Group project summary

4. UNDP Magistrate Project Report (2004)

5. Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Justice Sector Support

6. EC-financed project with the Anti-Corruption Agency

7. UNDP program on “Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms in Public Finance,” supported by the Kingdom of Norway (from 2010 to 2012, involving work with the Commissioner for Free Access to Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Projection and the State Audit Institution, among others)

8. UNDP activities with the Anti-Corruption Agency

9. GTZ in Serbia

Other information

1. National Center for State Courts Magistrate Court Report

2. Reports of Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (SIGMA), on

Public Integrity System (2009)

Administrative Framework (2009)

Governance Overview for Serbia (2008)

Policy-making and Coordination (2008)

are all found at: http://www.oecd.org/document/34/0,3343,en_33638100_34612958_35858722_1_1_1_1,00.html

3. European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), Scheme for Evaluating Judicial Systems 2007 (Serbia)