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.
Press release: Deputy chairman of the Committee for Security and Defence must be appointed
05. 09. 2014.
Parliamentary opposition does not have a representative in the National Security Council, after having failed to appoint a deputy chairman of the Committee for Security and Defense from its own lines for over five years. The Law on the Basis of the Intelligence and Security Sector prescribes the composition of the National Security Council. Among…
Panel discussion: Challenges of tackling corruption within the defence and security sector in the Western Balkans
26. 08. 2014.
Our researcher, Dina Bajramspahić, was one of the speakers at the panel organized within the framework of the BIRN Summer School of Investigative Journalism, held in Bečići, on 25 August 2014. The first day of the Summer School of Investigative Journalism, organized for the fifth time by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), was concluded…
Commentary on the Draft Law on Special Prosecution
20. 08. 2014.
Competencies set too broadly, positions reserved for prosecutors and no security checks prescribed. The question of the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) represents one of the key issues to be addressed and should be regulated in accordance with the principle of relieving the SPO of burden, namely the cases High State Prosecution…
Press release: What about the Law on Special Prosecutor’s Office?
11. 07. 2014.
The semi-annual report on the implementation of the Action Plan for Chapter 23 “Judiciary and Fundamental Rights”, which was published by the Government of Montenegro on 10 July 2014, does not contain any proper information on the status of the Draft Law on Special Prosecutor’s Office. Representatives of Institute Alternative participated in ten meetings of…
Meeting with the MPs from the Security and Defence Committee
08. 07. 2014.
Representatives of Institute Alternative Mr. Stevo Muk, Ms. Dina Bajramspahić, Mr. Marko Sošić, and Ms. Milica Milonjić, had a meeting today with the members of the Parliamentary Security and Defence Committee in order to discus the findings and recommendations of IA’s new Monitoring Report on Implementation of the Law on Parliamentary Oversight of the Security…
Prosecution for ,,Big fish”
12. 06. 2014.
– or, ahead of the public discussion on the Law on Special Prosecution – Although the fight against corruption and organized crime is one of the most frequently used phrases in the Montenegrin public discourse, European Commission’s 2013 Montenegro Progress Report continues to express serious concerns for the situation in this area. Isolated cases of…
