What it is
This is the legal framework for organ transplantation in Serbia: who runs the donation system, how patients enter waiting lists, which institutions take part in transplant procedures, and which rules should protect consent, medical criteria, and allocation of organs. The June parliamentary agenda also included a law on human cells and tissues, but that is a separate related medical topic.
Why it became disputed
On June 24, 2026, 021, citing Tanjug, reported that parliament was debating amendments to proposed changes to the organ-transplant law. Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar said some proposals came from people awaiting transplantation. According to 021 and N1, opposition MPs argued that the law should be improved; Jelena Spirić of SSP separately asked why Serbia was not a member of Eurotransplant.
Current status
According to N1, debate on amendments to the organ-transplant changes ended on June 24, with 32 amendments recorded for that topic. The next day MPs voted on 32 items of the extraordinary agenda; after the vote, Danas wrote that transplantation was among the adopted decisions. For patients, the point is practical: the parliamentary step is over, but hospital duties, waiting-list procedures, and other day-to-day rules have to be read from the final published legal text.
Why it matters
For patients this is not an abstract legal issue. N1 reported Jelena Spirić's statement that 63 patients awaiting transplantation died in 2024, while another 64 were added to the waiting list. That is why the dispute around the law concerns the speed and transparency of the system, trust in donation, access to international organ-exchange mechanisms, and state responsibility toward people for whom waiting is a medical risk.
Next open question
The main next question is what exactly the final published text says and how the Health Ministry will show practical implementation: waiting-list rules, donor procedures, the role of hospitals, and links with Eurotransplant or other international coordination. New bylaws, official instructions, or post-amendment waiting-list data will show whether patients see only a changed legal text or a changed system in practice.