HF II Montenegro - Further enhancing Human Rights protection for detained and sentenced persons

As part of the second phase of the European Union and Council of Europe programmatic framework “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey” (Horizontal Facility II), the Council of Europe implemented the Action “Further enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Montenegro”. The Action was implemented in close partnership with the Ministry of Justice, the Institute for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Police Administration, and Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The objectives of the Action consisted of the securisation of human rights compliance of the police through strengthening the safeguards against ill-treatment, the Improvement of the fight against violent extremism in prison and police, but also the enhancing of independent monitoring and framework for the investigation of ill-treatment and the improvement of reintegration and rehabilitation of prisoners in the society after released.

This Action assisted Montenegrin authorities in their efforts to comply with standards set in the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to implement recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture – CPT.

The Action started on 24 May 2019 and was completed on 31 December 2022 with an overall budget of 750.000 €.

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To mark the launch of the new Action on “Further enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Montenegro” within Horizontal Facility II (HF II), the first Steering Committee meeting took place in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 11 July 2019.

A representative of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and the European Union Delegation to Montenegro opened the meeting highlighting the achievements within the first phase of Horizontal Facility and the cooperation achieved between all parties. The event gathered representatives of all national institutions relevant to the Action: Institute for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Police Administration, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Preventive Mechanism and the Council for Civil Control of Police Work.

Participants reflected on the results achieved by within the previous Action and presented the new log-frame for the coming period (2019-2022). After discussing possible modalities on its implementation, a 6-month work plan was adopted, marking the beginning of the implementation of this new Action.

The Action “Further enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Montenegro” is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe. With an overall budget of 750.000 €, it started on 24 May 2019 and will finish on 23 May 2022.

Podgorica, Montenegro 11 July 2019