High Judicial Council

The body that has selected judges since the 2022 constitutional changes. According to the Judges' Association of Serbia, in 2025 it selected only 25 judges even though eight calls had been announced for 416 posts, and the European Commission found that it had not responded adequately to political pressure on the judiciary. In 2020 it elected to the Higher Court the judge who twice gave house arrest to the son of Pink's owner over the death of a young woman on a pedestrian crossing.

Affairs

  • Acquittal in the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija: In January 2026 Jelena Ćuruvija and the Foundation filed complaints with its disciplinary prosecutor against three judges of the Court of Appeal
  • Pressure on prosecutors and judges, and cases taken away: In 2025 it elected just 25 judges for 416 posts; the European Commission found that the councils had not responded adequately to pressure
  • Željko Mitrović's son killed Andrea Bojanić on a pedestrian crossing: Elected Judge Zorica Avramović a Higher Court judge on 11 December 2020
  • The Niš court president, a parole and a Zlatibor voucher: Lifted the immunity of the president of the Higher Court in Niš and approved her arrest; in 2019 it nominated her for that post