Training ”Monitoring Respect for Human Rights in Closed Institutions in Montenegro” was organized on 12, 13 and 14 May in Best Western Premier Hotel in Podgorica. The decision to organise the training for monitors on 12-14 May has been made because the adoption of the Law on Ombudsman and the appointment of the Ombudsman’s National Torture Prevention Mechanism monitoring team members was nowhere in sight and hence should no longer be awaited.

 People who have been selected to be trained monitors and attended the three-day training workshop are: 1. Tea Gorjanc Prelevic, executive director of the HRA, project coordinator; 2. Maja Raicevic, program manager, Women’s Safe House, assistant project coordinator; 3. Milan Saranovic, executive director of the Centre for Anti-discrimination EQUISTA, assistant project coordinator; 4. Danilo Ajkovic, coordinator assistant, Center for Civic Education; 5. Aleksandar Sasa Zekovic, researcher of violations of human rights, Centre for Civic Education; 6. Dragana Otasevic, Social Work and Policy major, Centre for Civic Education; 7. Daliborka Knezevic, lawyer, Centre for Anti-discrimination EQUISTA; 8. Velibor Boskovic, legal officer, Centre for Anti-discrimination EQUISTA; 9. Jovana Draskovic, social worker, Women’s Safe House; 10. Sandra Bulatovic, legal officer, Women’s Safe House; 11. Mirjana Gajovic, legal officer, HRA; 12. Luka Stijepovic, lawyer, HRA; 13. Bojana Vujosevic, legal officer, HRA; 14. Natasa Gardasevic, legal officer HRA. Although only ten monitors have been envisioned by the project, the project coordinator (1) and assistant coordinators (3), who will be responsible for the professional conduct of monitoring, will also be trained and will participate in monitoring missions.

Full press release, including the list of lecturers, available here.

Agenda available here.