As for neighbouring Serbia-Montenegro, the World Report noted a degree of improvement in terms of co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal -- demonstrated by the transfer of three army and police generals -- while warning of a lack of judicial independence in both constituent republics and a marked deterioration in the treatment of human rights defenders in Serbia.
Kada je u pitanju susedna Srbija i Crna Gora, u Svetskom izveštaju ukazano je na stepen poboljšanja u pogledu saradnje sa Haškim tribunalom za ratne zločine -- koji je demonstriran transferom tri vojna i policijska generala -- i upozorava se na nedovoljnu nezavisnost sudstva u obe konstitutivne republike i zabeleženo pogoršanje tretmana pobornika za ljudska prava u Srbiji.