September 12, 2015
The U.S. Embassy Podgorica INL Section successfully concluded their 4th training on the European Convention on Human Rights and Criminal Proceedings. In this event, INL partnered with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to assist the non-government organization Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) in implementing this project for young lawyers, including legal advisors and interns working in the courts and prosecution offices and law school students.
Participants had an opportunity to hear from the U.S. Embassy Resident Legal Advisor Erik Larson on the topic of “Practical examples of the application of the European Convention on Human Rights – Undercover Operations and Pre-trial Detention.” Other speakers at this event were the President of the Supreme Court Vesna Medenica, Minister of Justice Zoran Pazin, as well as other judges and prosecutors from the Supreme Court, Office of the Special State Prosecutor, and the Podgorica Basic Court.
