ZAGREB, March 9 (Hina) - President of the Croatian National Parliament Mato Arlovic on Thursday held talks with a delegation of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) about cooperation in the judiciary and legislature,
the parliament's information office said in a statement Thursday. Arlovic and USAID representatives, legal consultants Paul Scott and Keith Crawford, as well as expert consultant Sanja Vukotic-Hodzic, expressed readiness for cooperation in legislature and the judiciary. The cooperation between Croatia and the USAID would pertain to financial assistance and experience in the organisation of the work of the Justice Ministry, courts on all levels, the Croatian Legal Centre and scientific institutions, the statement said. Arlovic asserted that it was on the Croatian side to do most of the job, primarily through amendments to laws which would render the judiciary more independent,
ZAGREB, March 9 (Hina) - President of the Croatian National
Parliament Mato Arlovic on Thursday held talks with a delegation of
the US Agency for International Development (USAID) about
cooperation in the judiciary and legislature, the parliament's
information office said in a statement Thursday.
Arlovic and USAID representatives, legal consultants Paul Scott
and Keith Crawford, as well as expert consultant Sanja Vukotic-
Hodzic, expressed readiness for cooperation in legislature and the
judiciary.
The cooperation between Croatia and the USAID would pertain to
financial assistance and experience in the organisation of the work
of the Justice Ministry, courts on all levels, the Croatian Legal
Centre and scientific institutions, the statement said.
Arlovic asserted that it was on the Croatian side to do most of the
job, primarily through amendments to laws which would render the
judiciary more independent, and the State Judicial Council more
independent in the appointment of judges.
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