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The functioning of democratic institutions in Serbia

Amendment No. 16 | Doc. 16424 | 22 June 2026

Signatories:
Mr Vladimir ĐORĐEVIĆ, Serbia, ECPA ; Mr Bob De BRABANDERE, Belgium, ECPA ; Mr Jon ENGEN-HELGHEIM, Norway, ECPA ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, ECPA ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, ECPA
Origin
2026 - Third part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 16, insert the following paragraph:

“The Assembly welcomes the amendments to the “Mrdić laws” recently proposed by the Minister of Justice, which largely reverse the contested provisions adopted on 28 January 2026. In its “Follow-up opinion to the urgent opinion of 28 January 2026 amendments to laws governing the judiciary and the prosecution,” adopted at its 147th plenary session (12-13 June 2026) (CDL-AD(2026)017), the Venice Commission concluded that seven out of its nine recommendations included in the urgent opinion of 24 April 2026 were fulfilled."

Explanatory note

After paragraph 16, add a new paragraph