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.
Citizens Unprepared to Report Police Corruption
15. 09. 2017.
Citizens trust the police, but consider it to be significantly corrupted. Their readiness to report police corruption cases is declining according to the research conducted for the third year in a row within the regional network POINTPULSE The results of the public opinion research on police in Montenegro was presented today in Podgorica by Institute…
All our Failures
13. 09. 2017.
We mark the tenth anniversary of the foundation of Institute alternative this month. We started from zero. It took us five years to become a relatively stable organization and it took us ten years to secure a place among the most active and most prominent organisations with 10 employees. It is very difficult to talk…
Presenting the results of the public opinion survey “What do citizens think about the police – In the service of citizens or someone else?”
12. 09. 2017.
The Institute Alternative and the regional network of CSOs POINTPULSE are organizing a presentation of the results of the survey “What do citizens think about the police – in the service of citizens or someone else?”, which will be held at the PR Center on September 14, 2017, starting at 11:00. The focus of the…
Seven Months without Establishing Responsibility for Possible Abuse of Power
24. 07. 2017.
The system for establishing accountability in the Ministry of Interior in Montenegro is completely ineffective in fighting alleged abuse of power by police officers. Seven months have passed since the media reported that two disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against police officer D. D. for gross negligence in the line of duty. Institute Alternative has…
Interview for FOS media on the acts of Special Prosecution
18. 07. 2017.
1. Do you consider symptomatic that so far several actions initiated by Katnic (Mandic, Radunovic, Medojevic), were simply stopped by the Higher State Prosecutor Ivica Stankovic? It cannot be said that they were stopped because only one of the series of actions foreseen in the criminal proceedings was halted. All other investigative measures and actions,…
Press release: Clarify the Actions of the Special Antiterrorist Unit
11. 07. 2017.
Institute Alternative urges the Police Director of Montenegro to explain why the officers of the Special Antiterrorist Unit (SAJ) intervened in one nightclub in Budva on 10 of July this year. The members of the SAJ, elite unit specializing in the most complicated police affairs, during the evening on 10 of July had conducted a…
