• Continued efforts are needed to ensure an effective, independent judiciary. Key pieces of legislation remain to be adopted, such as the law on free legal aid, the law on whistle-blowers, and the law on conflicts of interest. Corruption remains prevalent in many areas. Serbia needs to build up a track record of concrete results in the fight against corruption and organised crime.

Written by: Richard Giragosian (Richard Giragosian is the director of the Regional Studies Center (RSC), located in Yerevan, Armenia).

The views expressed in this document are solely those of the author and may not represent AALEP’s position.

Written by: Eka Tkeshelashvili (Eka Tkeshelashvili is currently the President of the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies and a former Foreign Minister and former Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia.

The views expressed in this document are solely those of the author and may not represent AALEP’s position.

Written by: Leila Alieva ( Leila Alieva is currently an academic visitor and a fellow of CARA/SRF at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and a research associate at Russia and Eurasia Center at Uppsala University. She is a founder and a head of the Center for National and International Studies (2004), based in Baku, which covers issues of domestic and foreign policy, energy security, conflicts, and security sector reform.

The views expressed in this document are solely those of the author and may not necessarily represent AALEP's position.

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