Public Access to the Court

The information on the time, place and subject of a trial is available daily on the notice board in front of each courtroom.

Any attempt at taking photos or recording during a trial in the Court as well as public presence may be allowed only with a written permission by the President of the Court.

The President of a Chamber shall, on the basis of previous agreement by parties and other participants in a trial, allow for photos to be taken during the trial as well as for their publishing. One shall take into account the public interest, the interest of a trial, privacy and safety of the parties in proceedings, which may, thus, result in imposing limitation to the public access.

Any video or audio recording of a main hearing in criminal proceedings and public broadcast of the tape recording outside the case, stipulated in Article 179 of the Law on Criminal Procedure, shall be authorized by the President of the Supreme Court of Serbia, following the opinion provided by the President of a Chamber, a judge and agreement by parties.

Any video or audio recording of a main hearing in civil proceedings and public broadcast of tape recording shall be authorized by the President of the Supreme Court of Serbia with previously obtained opinion of the President of a Chamber and agreement by parties.