Audio recording: Introductory address by Robert Underwood, representative of USAID/ Checci and Company Consulting, Inc., delivered at the Round Table on the Draft Law on Extrajudicial Proceedings... More

Audio recording: Introductory address by Donny Harrington, USAID officer in charge for Montenegro, delivered at the Round Table on the Draft Law on Extrajudicial Proceedings... More

Introductory speech delivered by Minister of Justice Zeljko Sturanovic at the public debate on the Draft Law on Territorial Organization of the Republic of Montenegro... More

Deputy Prime Minister of Justice Branislav Radulovic will take part at the Annual Conference on Human Rights and read a report at the session called The Creation of Legal Structures, turning to the further actions in the reform process. More

Montenegrin Minister of Justice Zeljko Sturanovic met today in Podgorica with the newly appointed Ambassador of Great Britain to SCG Mr. David Gowan.

Minister Sturanovic acquainted Ambassador Gowan with the reform activities underway in the Montenegrin Ministry of Justice, state administration and local self-government... More

Representatives of the Slovenian Ministry of Justice stayed in Podgorica from 28th to 30th July 2004, as part of their involvement in the project entitled Development of the PR Office of the Ministry of Justice of Montenegro, implemented in cooperation with the OSCE Podgorica Office and financial support from the Holland Embassy in Belgrade... More

Audio recording: The statement issued by Minister of Justice Zeljko Sturanovic concerning the Witness Protection Bill... More

Audio recording: The statement issued by Montenegrin Minister of Justice on the Bar Examination Bill... More

Montenegrin Minister of Justice Zeljko Sturanovic and his Serbian counterpart Zoran Stojkovic met today in Belgrade. The meeting was also attended by Montenegrin Assistant Minister of Justice Branka Lakocevic, Secretary of the Montenegrin Ministry of Justice Srdjan Spaic, Serbian Deputy Minister of Justice Branislav Bjelica and Head of the European Integration Department Alaksandra Popovic... More

During the period from 1st to 5th March 2004, representatives of the Ministry of Justice Working Group for the elaboration of the Draft Law on Civil Servants and State Employees visited the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Slovenia and the Administrative Academy, which is an internal organizational part of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, as well as the Personnel Service of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia... More

The Montenegrin Ministry of justice and the State Prosecutor’s Office will host the donor conference titled: “Implementation of the new law on State Prosecutor”, scheduled for February 11th 2004 at 13:00 at the Government Conference Hall in Podgorica... More

On December 24th, 2003 in Tuzi, the Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, organised a public debate on the Draft Bill on Capital City. During the debate, a number of attendees requested that the Draft Bill be translated to Albanian and that the debate be held in Albanian as well... More

Deputies of the Assembly of the Republic of Montenegro adopted yesterday the Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Law, State Prosecutor Law and the Law on Changes and Amendments to the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions. On the occasion of adoption of the Criminal Code, the Montenegrin Minister of Justice Zeljko Sturanovic said that it was for the first time after some 97 years that Montenegro itself would be able to regulate this domain... More

The Fourth Regional Conference of the Ministers of Justice and Internal Affairs has been held today in Sofia, organized by the Stability Pact and dedicated to the signing of the statement on commitment to the protection of a victim-witness and children trafficking... More

The meeting of ministers of justice and home affairs of Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and the Western Balkan countries is scheduled for tomorrow in Brussels. The Montenegrin delegation is to be headed by Minister of Justice Zeljko Sturanovic... More

On-going activities on the reform of public administration in Montenegro, at both central and local levels, will be the main topic of the “2nd Inter-Ministerial Conference”, which will be held on 15th October in Podgorica. This conference will be organized by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Montenegro in cooperation with PARiM, an EU funded project.
Draft laws from the public administration field (civil servants, civil servants’ salary system, general administrative procedure, administrative dispute, inspection control), as well as activities concerning civil servants’ training in EU member states’ institutions, will be in the focus of this conference. The Conference, which will be opened by Minister of Justice Željko Šturanović, will involve around 100 representatives, from ministries, administrative bodies, and NGO's active in the field fo public administration... More

The 25-th Conference for European Ministers of Justice will be hold in Sofia on October 8 – 10.
Montenegrin Delegation will be headed by the Deputy Minister of Justice Branka Lakocevic and Minister’s Councilor for the Jurisdiction System Vesna Rackovic... More

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted with Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc (Checchi) to implement the Montenegro Judicial System Reform Project. Implementation of the three year Project began in late July, 2003. The Project has two components: Support for the Legal Reform Process, and Improvement of Court Operations... More

As a part of the activities on setting up the Office of Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms in Montenegro, Ministry of
Justice will organize the Donors' Conference on 16 September 2003. Invitees are the
international organizations who expressed their
willingnes and assistance to the MoJ in realization of this project:... More