02 March 2026
The Pseudo-Technical Purge
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. Continue reading >>
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20 October 2025
Avoiding Too Little Too Late
It may seem counterintuitive, in the political chaos and noise of 2025, and in the face of widespread disengagement with international law and the different components of the post-war rules-based order, to turn to the nitty gritty of case management, interim measures and procedures. However, the best defense which international courts can mount at present is to do well that for which they were established. Continue reading >>
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14 February 2025