To address the key legal issues which present the challenges in the work of disciplinary bodies, on 17 December, 2021 the Project organised the round table for the judges from the appellate district of Belgrade. This was the third event in the series of round tables titled "Disciplinary Responsibility of Judges – Challenges in Practice of Disciplinary Bodies and Relevance of Legal Framework", which the Project had set in motion in November 2021.
The key round table‘ topics were addressed within three panels: I. Justifiability of the existence of the current disciplinary offences, II. Breach of the Code of Ethics as a basis for disciplinary responsibility of judges and III. Disciplinary responsibility of the president of the court - the need for consistent legislation. In addition, an expert analysis of the work of disciplinary bodies for the period 2016-2019 was presented, as well as an analysis of the compliance of the work of disciplinary bodies with the previously provided expert recommendations.
Due to the COVID-19 situation, the round table was held in a hybrid mode, providing the remote participants with the options for direct virtual discussion. The panelists were current and former members of the disciplinary bodies of the High Judicial Council (Disciplinary Commissions and the Disciplinary Prosecutor, and the members of the HJC acting as a second instance disciplinary body).