The Serbian delegation, which is on a four-day visit to Croatia, was received for talks at the State Prosecutor's Office by deputies to the Chief State Prosecutor, Petar Puliselic and Dubravko Palijas, and county prosecutors from Split, Zagreb, Osijek and Vukovar.
A statement from the State Prosecutor's Office said that the delegation was acquainted with the structure and jurisdiction of prosecutor's offices, their relationship with the media and their attitude to reporting. Also discussed was the law on the implementation of the statute of the International Criminal Court and the prosecution of crimes committed against the international law of war and humanitarian law, cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the referral of cases from the ICTY to national judiciaries. The two sides also talked about trials in absence and problems caused by differences in the application of criminal substantive and procedural law.
Officials at the State Prosecutor's Office said that ongoing trials were not discussed, although the reporters inquired about some.
During the visit to the Supreme Court, the Serbian reporters talked with several judges, but not with Supreme Court president Branko Hrvatin, who had other engagements.
The delegation then took a walk to the nearby Zagreb County Court building, where they were welcomed by County Court president Mirjana Rigljan.
On Wednesday the delegation will visit Split, where it will meet Deputy County Prosecutor Michelle Squiccimaro, who represented the prosecution in the Lora war crimes trial. The guests from Serbia are also scheduled to visit the city's military port of Lora, where war crimes were committed against Serb civilians in 1992, according to a non-final ruling of the Split County Court. At the time, the port housed a military prison.