Head of Mission to Montenegro meets country’s Minister of Justice

On 2 December, Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Dominique Waag met with the Minister of Justice Marko Kovač.

Ambassador Waag introduced Minister Kovač with Mission’s support in the area of rule of law, mainly through the OSCE regional trial monitoring project, financed by the EU.

“We currently monitor 47 cases of high-level organised crime and corruption. Our purpose is to draw evidence-based conclusions on systemic difficulties that Montenegro faces, share them with you and provide with recommendations, that could eventually lead to amending laws and procedures, in order to help Montenegro to make further improvements in the field of rule of law,” said Ambassador Waag. She asked Minister Kovač about the resources that would be allocated to the judicial sector according to the law on budget.

Ambassador Waag and Minister Kovač also discussed other activities of the Mission in the judicial sector, such as combatting domestic violence, small arms and light weapons trafficking, invitation made to prosecutors to join police officers and forensic centre in trainings and regional conferences organized by the Mission, including on combatting online sexual child exploitation, as well as support to Prosecutor’s Office in relation to communication towards the public.