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.
IA’s new research project
01. 04. 2014.
Over the following three months, the research team of Institute Alternative will work on drafting a comparative study on models of internal police oversight in the three selected EU countries. Supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, IA is starting to work on the new research project with an overall objective to contribute to the…
Our engagement in working groups
19. 03. 2014.
Four representatives of IA are members of the working groups for preparation of bills and analytical documents of key importance for securing improvements in the field of administrative inspections, public procurement, internal police oversight and state audit. Following research and analytical work and publication of our findings, we are actively working on advocating recommendations for…
Competencies to be more precise and reporting to the Parliament to be introduced
17. 03. 2014.
Commentary of Institute Alternative to the Bill on Basic Principles of Intelligence and Security Sector in Montenegro It is not clear which problems the Government intends to solve by adopting this Law, since the Bill exposition was reduced to mere copying of the articles of the Law, as it happens rather often. The only concrete…
Our findings in the State Department’s 2013 Report
08. 03. 2014.
Report of the State Department of the United States of America on the state of human rights in Montenegro in 2013 includes findings from our three research projects. The above mentioned report indicates to insufficiently functional parliamentary oversight of the Security and Defense Sector, failure to implement the Plan for Parliamentary Oversight, as well as…
Reaction: Attack on the journalist of the daily newspaper “Dan”
04. 01. 2014.
The latest in the series of attacks on the media in Montenegro is a result of inefficient work of the State Prosecutor’s Office and the Police Administration in resolving previous attacks on investigative journalism and the free press. Furthermore, the current climate, in which it is common for those who violently deal with opponents and…
Reaction: Attack on the independent daily newspaper “Vijesti”
28. 12. 2013.
In the context of the latest in the series of attacks, Institute Alternative hereby expresses sincere solidarity with the Editorial Board, journalists and employees of the daily newspaper “Vijesti”. We express our concern that the message of the latest attack is that the next time the attackers will be even more fierce and ruthless and…
