The Pseudo-Technical Purge - Serbia’s “Mrdić Laws” and the Re-Engineering of the Justice System
Miljojkovic, Teodora
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Verfassungsblog
2026-03-02
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In January 2026, Serbia adopted a package of amendments to core judicial statutes, informally labelled the “Mrdić laws”, that together recalibrate key elements of the country’s prosecutorial and judicial framework. At the centre of the reform lies the restructuring of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime. The “Mrdić laws” illustrate a contemporary mode of rule-of-law erosion in which formal guarantees of independence remain textually intact, even as the functional capacity of key institutions is deliberately weakened.
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Miljojkovic, Teodora
independence of prosecutors
judicial blacksliding
judicial independence
Rule of Law
Serbia
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https://verfassungsblog.de/serbia-judicial-reform-backsliding/
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