Work in this thematic area focuses on prisons and police (including human rights in policing, healthcare in prisons and safeguards against torture and ill-treatment), human rights standards in the judiciary (focusing on enhancing the application of case-law of the European Court of Human Rights), migration issues, the efficiency of justice systems (with a focus on analysing judicial statistics to optimise court administrations) and/or legal co-operation (which concentrates on increasing the individual independence of judges and prosecutors and the accountability of the judicial system).

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Advancing co-operation with State Prosecution in Montenegro

Evgenia Giakoumopoulou, Head of Operations of the Council of Europe Programme Office in Podgorica met today with the Acting Supreme State Prosecutor of Montenegro, Drazen Buric in the premises of the Supreme State Prosecution, to discuss ways forward in enhancing ongoing prosecutorial reform, including through the means available under the joint European Union/Council of Europe action "Accountability and professionalism of the judicial system in Montenegro.”

During the meeting, Buric thanked to Head of Operations of the Council of Europe Programme Office in Podgorica for the meeting and confirmed the action’s relevance to addressing the needs and priorities of the prosecution service in Montenegro, notably in terms of further strengthening the accountability and ethics of prosecutors and improving national capacities to comply with the European standards and European Court's jurisprudence.

Giakoumopoulou reiterated the Council of Europe’s commitment to support national authorities in conducting the necessary reform initiatives, in line with the EU accession benchmarks in chapters 23 and 24 and findings of the Council of Europe monitoring bodies. In that sense, both sides agreed to intensify co-operation in implementing the recommendations of the European Commission and the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) concerning Montenegro.

The action "Accountability and professionalism of the judicial system in Montenegro" is a part of the joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”.

Podgorica 23 September 2021
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