# Defence of the Profession

An informal association of judges and public prosecutors. In September 2026 it challenged the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade's analysis of the “sound cannon”, saying it bears no signature or stamp, is not based on expert examination by qualified and independent institutions, and violates the suspect's presumption of innocence.

## Affairs

- [Vučić's pardons of 49 people before his resignation](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/pomilovanja-27-septembra-2026): It asked the Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime to examine whether the pardons constituted a criminal offence
- [Tanja Drobnjak and the student outside the Faculty of Law](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/tanja-drobnjak): It asked the Supreme Public Prosecutor to order that the criminal prosecution of Drobnjak continue
- [“Sound cannon” at Belgrade protest](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/zvucni-top-15-mart): Said the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office analysis has no author or stamp and that no independent expert examination was carried out

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/odbrana-struke  
As of: 8 Nov 2026  
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