Perspektive primene evropskih standarda prava na besplatnu pravnu pomoć u Republici Srbiji

Abstract

Razvoj evropskih standarda uslovio je širenje koncepta besplatne pravne pomoći sa besplatnog pravnog zastupanja na sudu u krivičnim postupcima na savetovanje i zastupanje u svim postupcima, ali i van postupka. Evropski sud za ljudska prava ostavio je državama da izaberu sredstva kojima će omogućiti pristup sudu van krivičnih postupaka. Jedno od tih sredstava je institucija besplatne pravne pomoći. Pri dodeli i vršenju besplatne pravne pomoći, Sud je naročitu pažnju posvetio zaštiti stranaka od arbitrarnog postupanja. Srbija još uvek nije izgradila sistem besplatne pravne pomoći. Postojeće odredbe u procesnom zakonodavstvu nisu razrađene niti se primenjuju. Nacrti koji se zasnivaju na usvojenoj Strategiji razvoja sistema besplatne pravne pomoći u Srbiji, iako načelno prate evropske standarde, u nedovoljnoj meri uvažavaju standarde koji se bliže opisuju u ovom članku.

The development of European standards caused a broaden of the concept of legal aid from free legal representation in court in criminal proceedings to the counseling and representation within all procedures and out of the proceedings, which is in line with the nature of human right. The European Court of Human Rights has left states to choose the means which will allow access to a court outside the criminal proceedings. One of these means is the institution of legal aid. Regarding the award and performance of legal aid, the Court gave special attention to protection of the parties from arbitrarily treatment. Serbia has not yet built a system of free legal aid. Existing provisions in the procedural laws are not sufficiently developed or applied. Drafts of the Law, which are based on the adopted Strategy on development of free legal aid system in Serbia, although generally follow European standards, are not in the line with standards that are closer described in this article.