Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures in Serbia

This report complements the Serbia Judicial Functional Review, which assesses the current functioning of the broader judicial system in Serbia and outlines options and recommendations to inform Serbia s ongoing and planned justice reform initiative...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Economic & Sector Work
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2015
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spelling okr-10986-215102021-06-14T10:27:31Z Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures in Serbia World Bank ACCURATE INFORMATION APPELLATE COURTS ASSETS ATTORNEYS BAILIFF BAILIFFS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS CENTRAL BANK CHILD CUSTODY CIVIL PROCEDURE CLAIM COMMERCIAL COURT COMPENSATION COMPETENT COURT CORRUPTION COURT COURT DECISION COURT DECISIONS COURT PRACTICE COURT PROCEEDINGS COURT SCHEDULES COURTS CREDITOR CREDITORS CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL COURTS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CURRENCY DAMAGES DEBT DEBTOR DEBTORS DEPOSITS DETENTION DISABILITY DISMISSAL DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES ESTATE EU EXCHANGE RATE FAMILIES FAMILY VIOLENCE FINAL JUDGMENT HOLDING IMPRISONMENT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUDGE JUDGEMENT JUDGES JUDGMENT JUDGMENT CREDITOR JUDGMENT DEBTORS JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE LAWS LEGAL ENTITIES LEGAL PERSON LEGAL PERSONS LEGAL PROCEEDING LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK MOBILE PHONE MOVEABLE PROPERTY NATIONAL BANK OFFENSE PENSION PLEA BARGAINING POLICE POSSESSION PRISON PRISON OVERCROWDING PRIVACY RESIDENCE RETURN SANCTION SANCTIONS SAVINGS DEPOSITS SENTENCES SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS TESTIMONY TRANSPARENT SYSTEM TRIALS TRUST FUND VICTIMS VIOLENT CRIMES WILL WITNESS WITNESSES This report complements the Serbia Judicial Functional Review, which assesses the current functioning of the broader judicial system in Serbia and outlines options and recommendations to inform Serbia s ongoing and planned justice reform initiatives in the view of EU accession.1 The aim of this report, however, is to illustrate the steps court users take in order to protect their interests through procedures carried out by courts or bailiffs. The focus is on the difference between the procedure on the books and actual practice. The report analyses these differences in specific types of cases, which had been identified by stakeholders as potentially challenging for those seeking justice:: (1) cases of domestic violence processed by criminal courts, both under the Criminal Procedure Code that was in force from 2001 to 30 September 2013 and under the Criminal Procedure Code which entered into force on 1 October 2013; (2) divorce proceedings, primarily those initiated by alleged victims of domestic violence, together with separate procedures that apply to requests for protective interim measures; (3) cases where one party requests eviction, including both civil proceedings carried out in accordance with the Civil Procedure Code and enforcement proceedings that might follow such proceedings; (4) special enforcement proceedings for settlement of claims in the area of utilities and similar services, which are, after the adoption of the 2011 Act on Enforcement and Security, carried out exclusively by private bailiffs, introduced by this Act. Although the research focused on the functioning of the judicial system in those types of cases, some of its findings inevitably apply to criminal and civil proceedings in general, as well as to certain enforcement proceedings. 2015-02-26T13:55:05Z 2015-02-26T13:55:05Z 2014-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23942376/null http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21510 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Law and Justice Study Europe and Central Asia Serbia
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topic ACCURATE INFORMATION
APPELLATE COURTS
ASSETS
ATTORNEYS
BAILIFF
BAILIFFS
BANK ACCOUNT
BANK ACCOUNTS
CENTRAL BANK
CHILD CUSTODY
CIVIL PROCEDURE
CLAIM
COMMERCIAL COURT
COMPENSATION
COMPETENT COURT
CORRUPTION
COURT
COURT DECISION
COURT DECISIONS
COURT PRACTICE
COURT PROCEEDINGS
COURT SCHEDULES
COURTS
CREDITOR
CREDITORS
CRIME
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL COURTS
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CURRENCY
DAMAGES
DEBT
DEBTOR
DEBTORS
DEPOSITS
DETENTION
DISABILITY
DISMISSAL
DIVORCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT
ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE
ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
ESTATE
EU
EXCHANGE RATE
FAMILIES
FAMILY VIOLENCE
FINAL JUDGMENT
HOLDING
IMPRISONMENT
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JUDGE
JUDGEMENT
JUDGES
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT CREDITOR
JUDGMENT DEBTORS
JUDGMENTS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JUSTICE
LAWS
LEGAL ENTITIES
LEGAL PERSON
LEGAL PERSONS
LEGAL PROCEEDING
LEGAL PROVISIONS
LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
MOBILE PHONE
MOVEABLE PROPERTY
NATIONAL BANK
OFFENSE
PENSION
PLEA BARGAINING
POLICE
POSSESSION
PRISON
PRISON OVERCROWDING
PRIVACY
RESIDENCE
RETURN
SANCTION
SANCTIONS
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
SENTENCES
SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
TESTIMONY
TRANSPARENT SYSTEM
TRIALS
TRUST FUND
VICTIMS
VIOLENT CRIMES
WILL
WITNESS
WITNESSES
spellingShingle ACCURATE INFORMATION
APPELLATE COURTS
ASSETS
ATTORNEYS
BAILIFF
BAILIFFS
BANK ACCOUNT
BANK ACCOUNTS
CENTRAL BANK
CHILD CUSTODY
CIVIL PROCEDURE
CLAIM
COMMERCIAL COURT
COMPENSATION
COMPETENT COURT
CORRUPTION
COURT
COURT DECISION
COURT DECISIONS
COURT PRACTICE
COURT PROCEEDINGS
COURT SCHEDULES
COURTS
CREDITOR
CREDITORS
CRIME
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL COURTS
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CURRENCY
DAMAGES
DEBT
DEBTOR
DEBTORS
DEPOSITS
DETENTION
DISABILITY
DISMISSAL
DIVORCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT
ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE
ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
ESTATE
EU
EXCHANGE RATE
FAMILIES
FAMILY VIOLENCE
FINAL JUDGMENT
HOLDING
IMPRISONMENT
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JUDGE
JUDGEMENT
JUDGES
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT CREDITOR
JUDGMENT DEBTORS
JUDGMENTS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JUSTICE
LAWS
LEGAL ENTITIES
LEGAL PERSON
LEGAL PERSONS
LEGAL PROCEEDING
LEGAL PROVISIONS
LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
MOBILE PHONE
MOVEABLE PROPERTY
NATIONAL BANK
OFFENSE
PENSION
PLEA BARGAINING
POLICE
POSSESSION
PRISON
PRISON OVERCROWDING
PRIVACY
RESIDENCE
RETURN
SANCTION
SANCTIONS
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
SENTENCES
SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
TESTIMONY
TRANSPARENT SYSTEM
TRIALS
TRUST FUND
VICTIMS
VIOLENT CRIMES
WILL
WITNESS
WITNESSES
World Bank
Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures in Serbia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Serbia
description This report complements the Serbia Judicial Functional Review, which assesses the current functioning of the broader judicial system in Serbia and outlines options and recommendations to inform Serbia s ongoing and planned justice reform initiatives in the view of EU accession.1 The aim of this report, however, is to illustrate the steps court users take in order to protect their interests through procedures carried out by courts or bailiffs. The focus is on the difference between the procedure on the books and actual practice. The report analyses these differences in specific types of cases, which had been identified by stakeholders as potentially challenging for those seeking justice:: (1) cases of domestic violence processed by criminal courts, both under the Criminal Procedure Code that was in force from 2001 to 30 September 2013 and under the Criminal Procedure Code which entered into force on 1 October 2013; (2) divorce proceedings, primarily those initiated by alleged victims of domestic violence, together with separate procedures that apply to requests for protective interim measures; (3) cases where one party requests eviction, including both civil proceedings carried out in accordance with the Civil Procedure Code and enforcement proceedings that might follow such proceedings; (4) special enforcement proceedings for settlement of claims in the area of utilities and similar services, which are, after the adoption of the 2011 Act on Enforcement and Security, carried out exclusively by private bailiffs, introduced by this Act. Although the research focused on the functioning of the judicial system in those types of cases, some of its findings inevitably apply to criminal and civil proceedings in general, as well as to certain enforcement proceedings.
format Economic & Sector Work
author World Bank
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title Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures in Serbia
title_short Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures in Serbia
title_full Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures in Serbia
title_fullStr Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures in Serbia
title_full_unstemmed Mapping the Way through the Court and Enforcement Procedures in Serbia
title_sort mapping the way through the court and enforcement procedures in serbia
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23942376/null
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21510
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