The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic received a delegation of the Slovenian Constitutional Court comprising: Court President Joze Tratnik, judge Marija Krisper-Kramberger, judge Mitja Deisinger and Court Secretary General Prof. Dr Erik Kersevan. The meeting was attended by the Serbian Constitutional Court President Bosa Nenadic.

The NARS Speaker briefed the Slovenian Constitutional Court delegation members on the relationship between the National Assembly and the Serbian Constitutional Court. The officials informed the Serbian Parliament Speaker on the cooperation between the two countries’ constitutional courts, as well as similarities and differences in their operation adding that observance of democracy and human rights, which is chiefly advocated by these courts, set the grounds for cooperation not only of the courts but all Serbian and Slovenian institutions as well.

Mentioning that the visit of the Slovenian Constitutional Court delegation to their Serbian counterparts is the first one, but greatly beneficial for the further development of cooperation, Tratnik invited Nenadic to visit the Slovenian Constitutional Court. Tratnik stressed that the Constitutional Court cannot be the Government’s or the Parliament’s service.

In the meting, it was stressed that constitutional courts are not institutional courts and that their basic competence is to protect the constitutionality and legality, human and minority rights and freedoms.