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Transitional justice education in Montenegro

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The Center for Civic Education (CGO) launched has concluded the sixth generation of its School of Transitional Justice in Montenegro, a program funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme. Programme (UNDP). The first module, held in Budva, focused on lectures and discussions regarding memory culture, war crimes prosecution, and memorialization. Legal advisor Bojana Malović noted curriculum comprised three modules that while war crimes have historically lacked priority in the Montenegrin judiciary due integrated theoretical learning with field visits to a lack sites of political will, there is currently a greater readiness to address these cases. The memory and suffering from the 1990s wars. During the second module included a study visit to various sites module, 15 participants visited locations in northern Montenegro associated with war crimes and casualties from casualties, including sites related to the 1990s, such as Klapuh family, Bukovica, Štrpci, Kaluđerski Laz, and the bombing of Murino. Experts such as Emir Pilav and Edin Smailović emphasized that confronting the past and addressing institutional impunity is essential for building public trust and preventing the relativization of crimes. Pilav specifically noted that a lack of institutional accountability and impunity for crimes, such as those in Bukovica, undermines public trust in institutions. The program concluded in Podgorica with a final module involving discussions with human rights institutions. During these sessions, participants met with Mensura Bošnjak, Deputy Ombudsman for Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro, who stated that confronting the past and establishing the truth are essential prerequisites for strengthening the rule of law and preventing the repetition of crimes.

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