Rule of law
The goal of the program is to strengthen the integrity and good governance in the sector of defense and security. Special attention is devoted to democratic and civilian control – parliamentary oversight, internal control, civil and judicial oversight as well as to the control performed by independent instituions in this sector.
Fourth year in a row: Ministry of the Interior works without an HR Plan
13. 06. 2024.
We still do not have precise data on the number of employees in the Ministry of the Interior and the Police Administration, nor do we have information on planned recruitments or projections regarding the number of those who will retire. Last Friday, the Government approved the Partial Human Resource Plan for State Administration Bodies and…
Security clearance procedures in the Police
27. 12. 2023.
Security obstacles for further work were determined for 16 police officers. The Commission for Checking Security Obstacles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has determined this since its formation on May 10, 2022. According to the Law on Internal Affairs, security obstacles for further work in the police profession exist if an individual: Maintains…
For Montenegro, there is no other choice but EU integration
13. 04. 2023.
On Wednesday, April 12, the first in a series of BSC Leaders Meetings was held in Podgorica, under the title “Montenegro after the presidential elections: Fast forward towards the EU?”, organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and the Institute Alternative. Jakov Milatović, President-elect of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, Prime Minister of Montenegro, Rosa Balfour,…
MPs do not care about the reports on crime
23. 09. 2022.
Directors render accounts, but no one is controlling them Although the Police Administration directors have regularly sent, with short delays, semi-annual reports in the area of corruption and organised crime since 2018, the Parliamentary Security and Defence Committee considered only one. This is written in the documentation submitted to the Institute Alternative, which asked the…
The rights and interests of victims of crime to be in the focus of the competent authorities
23. 02. 2022.
Montenegro lacks a systematic approach to the protection of victims of crime, and we can not criticise individual links and parts within the system, but we need to create a system in which the victim will feel protected all the time, from the moment it is reported to the end of the proceedings. This was…
The new decision of the Agency: Bošković broke the Law on Prevention of Corruption
11. 02. 2022.
In the repeated procedure ordered by the Administrative Court, the Agency for Prevention of Corruption has made a new Decision and decided that the current MP in the Parliament of Montenegro, and former minister of defence Predrag Bošković, violated Article 12 paragraph 5 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption, as he earned 24 000…
