N3.T13 – CONFRONTATION OF JUDGES IN HIGH COURT IN PODGORICA OVER DISPUTED VERDICT
12/01/2025Number 3: Judicial Monitor – Monitoring and Reporting on Judicial Reforms
13/01/2025N3.BN – BRIEF NEWS
HRA NEWSLETTER 3 – BRIEF NEWS
PRESIDENT OF THE HIGH MISDEMEANOUR COURT HAS BEEN ELECTED, NEW COMPETITIONS TO FOLLOW
At its session held on 13 December, the Judicial Council elected Larisa Begović the President of the High Misdemeanour Court of Montenegro (she was previously the Acting President and judge of that Court), while the High Court in Bijelo Polje and the Commercial Court of Montenegro got new judges, two and one respectively.
The Judicial Council made a decision to announce vacancies for judges’ positions in the Supreme Court, the High Misdemeanour Court of Montenegro, as well as in various misdemeanour courts.
PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL: INTERVIEWS COMPLETED, CANDIDATES REFERRED TO TRAINING
The Prosecutorial Council conducted interviews with candidates for the election of two state prosecutors in the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office, and the results will be announced at a later date. Nine candidates were referred to initial training in Basic State Prosecutor’s offices in Podgorica, Bijelo Polje, Rožaje, Berane and Kotor. Complaints about the work of prosecutors were considered as well, of which 24 were rejected while four were accepted.
HRA NEWSLETTER 3
- N3.T1 – UNCONSTITUTIONAL OPERATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
- N3.T2 – 29 JUDGES AND 11 STATE PROSECUTORS STEP DOWN OVER TWO YEARS
- N3.T3 – JUDGE DANILO JEGDIĆ SENTENCED TO HOUSE ARREST; SOME CHARGES DISMISSED DUE TO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FROM TRIAL DELAYS
- N3.T4 – MEDENICAS’ TRIAL TO RESTART 22 MONTHS AFTER INDICTMENT
- N3.T5 – SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE HIGH COURT IN PODGORICA TO GAIN NEW STAFF AMID ONGOING DEPARTURES
- N3.T6 – ANALYSIS OF THE WORK OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL IN 2023 AND 2024
- N3.T7 – ANALYSIS OF THE WORK OF THE PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL IN 2023 AND 2024
- N3.T8 – DIZDAREVIĆ ONLY CANDIDATE FOR JUDICIAL COUNCIL; PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL COMPLETION STILL PENDING
- N3.T9 – WARNINGS FROM STRASBOURG COURT CONCERNING LACK OF PROMPTNESS
- N1.T10 – SPECIAL STATE PROSECUTOR FACES SEVEN-MONTH SENTENCE FOR ABUSE OF OFFICE IN LATEST CONVICTION
- N3.T11 – BASIC COURT IN BAR JUDGES BURDENED WITH AN AVERAGE OF 941 CASES
- N3.T12 – PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE REGARDING EXTENSION OF DETENTION WITHDRAWN
- N3.T13 – CONFRONTATION OF JUDGES IN HIGH COURT IN PODGORICA OVER DISPUTED VERDICT
- N3.BN – BRIEF NEWS