The Judicial Academy, in cooperation with the OSCE Mission in Serbia and the Project "Improving the capacity of the criminal justice system of Serbia to effectively deal with crime in accordance with human rights standards, phase 3", organized the presentation of the manual on the topic "Costs of criminal proceedings".

The manual was presented on June 30, 2023, in the hall of the Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research in Belgrade, and was attended by lawyers, as well as judges and public prosecutors from the territory of the Belgrade Appeal.

The speakers were: Nataša Novaković, head of the program for human rights and the criminal justice system, OSCE Mission in Belgrade, Siniša Važić, judge of the Court of Appeal in Belgrade (retired) and Svetlana Tomić Jokić, judge of the Supreme Court of Serbia.

The topics were:
- Deciding on the costs of criminal proceedings, observed shortcomings and possible solutions;
- Characteristic questions and dilemmas in the courts when deciding on the costs of criminal proceedings.