Teade

I Personal details





II Education and other qualifications

Date (from-to)

Qualifications acquired
• February 1997

Passed State Judicial Exam

• 1986 – 1990

Graduated at the Faculty of Law in Podgorica, University of Montenegro

III Relevant professional activities

Date (from-to)

Type of job and employer’s name

•2024-
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• September 2015 – February 2024


National consultant - Council of Europe for the area of ​​Rule of Law in relation to implementation of ECtHR judgments in the national judicial system.
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Representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
• 2013 - 2015

President of the Criminal Department of the High Court in Podgorica
• 2008 - 2015

Judge in the Specialized Department for Organized Crime, Corruption, Terrorism and War Crimes in the High Court in Podgorica
• 2006 - 2015

Judge in the first-instance Criminal Department of the High Court in Podgorica
• 2005-2006.

Chief of the Investigation Department – the Basic Court in Podgorica
• 2004 - 2005

Investigating judge - the Basic Court in Podgorica
• 2001 - 2006

Judge in the first-instance Criminal Department of the Basic Court in Podgorica
• 1997 - 2001

Adviser and Secretary of the High Court in Podgorica
• 1991 - 1996

Law trainee and chief of legal service in the bank „Agrokombinat 13. jul“

IV Additional professional activities and engagements


Date (from-to)

Type of engagement and employer’s name
2021.-2024.

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2015.-2024.


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2021 - 2023.



Member of the Steering Committee of the Committee for Human Rights (Steering Committee for Human Rights Council of Europe CDDH CoE ), Strasbourg.

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Member of the Working Group of the Steering Committee dealing with human rights protection in times of crisis (CDDH-SCR), Council of Europe (CoE) Strasbourg.
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member of the Drafting Group on human rights in situation of crisis (CDDH-SCR) within the scope of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)
Council of Europe (CoE)
2021 - currently

External expert - member of the Commission for checking competences, knowledge and skills for head administration authorities and senior management staff
Human Resources Management Authority
2021 - currently

Member of the Commission for taking State Judicial Exam
Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro
2019 - currently

Member of the Steering Committee of the Association of Lawyers of Montenegro
Association of Lawyers of Montenegro
2019 - 2024

Member of the CDDH ad hoc negotiation Group on the Accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms („47+1“) within the scope of the Steering Committee for Human Rights
2018 - currently

Lecturer on the topic „The protection of human rights before the European Court of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights Article 6 § 1 (right to a trial within a reasonable time in the administrative proceedings) within the programme of the vocational training and professional development of civil servants and employees
• 2017– currently

Lecturer, expert and consultant within the joint project of the Council of Europe and the European Union – „Horizontal Facility“ Programme for the Western Balkans and Turkey“
The Programme Office of the Council of Europe (CoE) in Podgorica
• 2016 - 2019

Member of Drafting Group on freedom of expression and links to other human rights of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH-EXP), in Strasbourg, France
The Council of Europe (CoE)
• 2016 – currently

Lecturer at legal academies and seminars on the rule of law
NGO „CEDEM“
• 2015 – 2024

Member of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) in Strasbourg, France
The Council of Europe (CoE)
• 2015 – 2024

Member of the Committee of Experts on the system of the European Convention on Human Rights (DH-SYSC) in Strasbourg, France
The Council of Europe (CoE)
• 2015 – currently

Lecturer at the School of Political Studies

• 2015 – currently

Lecturer at legal clinics at the Faculty of Law in Podgorica The role and importance of case law ECHR at the national level; practical aspect;
• 2014 – currently

Lecturer in a variety of initial and continuous training programmes

Training Center in the Judiciary and State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro
• 2012

Expert of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
The Council of Europe (CoE)
• 2011 – 2013

Member of the Negotiating Group for Chapter 24 „Justice, Equality and Freedom“, and the rapporteur with respect to the compliance of the national legislation with the European legislation within the area of „Trafficking in human beings, confiscation of property and counterfeiting of the euro“
The Government of Montenegro
• 2008 – 2016

Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)
The Council of Europe (CoE)
• 2003 – 2005

Member of the Steering Committee

The Association of Judges of Montenegro



V Publications and other works

Date of issuance

Name of publication and editor’s name
• June 2024

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• June 2024

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• May 2024


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• April 2024


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• November 2023



Author of the Study in English "Montenegro National Study analysis of existing national execution mechanisms and identifying the best practices and effective models in light of Recommendation CM/Rec (2008)2" - Council of Europe Strasbourg.
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Legal proofreading of the “Handbook on relevant ECtHR case law on use of Electronical Evidence” - Council of Europe Strasbourg.
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Author of article "Judiciary and fundamental rights: Proposal for reform in in the context of improving human protection "- Publication on the occasion of the 18 Year of Independence "Step forward towards the EU", NGO Građanska Alliance.
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Author of the publication "Analysis of practice regarding the protection of minorities rights" - NGO "Center for Democracy and Human Rights" (CEDEM), with support of the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro.
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Author of the publication „Analysis of the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Respect of Montenegro delivered in 2022“,
https://www.gov.me/dokumenta/26735f99-e48f-4e19-8d84-aef62e469c19

Office of the Representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme Court of Montenegro, „the AIRE Centre from London and the British embassy in Podgorica
• May 2023


Author paper “Legal way towards the effective confiscation of property derived from criminal proceeds”
https://www.upcg.me/_files/ugd/a2fa44_73aa85307322418080c3438939
ce5cb9.pdf

Journal for theory of law and case-law „Collection of Legal Papers“, The Association of Lawyers of Montenegro
• April 2022

Author article „Reform of Convention law Protocol no. 15 to the European Convention on human Rights“ (entry into force)
https://www.upcg.me/_files/ugd/a2fa44_2ffc277ea93d4a45aa1234fd3ff7
c90e.pdf

Journal for theory of law and case-law „Collection of Legal Papers“, The Association of Lawyers of Montenegro
March 2022

Author of the publication “Guidelines and overview of the selected case-law of the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights – right to freedom of expression”
https://www.cedem.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Prirucnik-

NGO “Centre for Democracy and Human Rights” (CEDEM), Montenegrin Media Institute, organized by the UL INFO, with the support of the European Union, the Delegation of the European Union in Montenegro and the Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media of Montenegro

• February 2021

Editor and author of the Handbook with the selected case-law within the latest case-law of the European Court of Human Rights,
https://wapi.gov.me/download-preview/62232b61-cde8-4e6b-a006-
5aa5c9271bcc?version=
Office of the Representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights, „AIRE“ Centre from London and the British Embassy in Podgorica
• February 2021

Author of the publication „Analysis of the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Respect of Montenegro delivered in 2020“,
https://sudovi.me/static//vrhs/doc/Analiza_presuda_Evropskog_suda_za
_ljudska_prava_u_odnosu_na_Crnu_Goru_za_2020.pdf
Office of the Representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme Court of Montenegro, „the AIRE centre from London and the British embassy in Podgorica
• December 2020

Author article “COVID-19 and its impact on human rights”
https://www.upcg.me/_files/ugd/a2fa44_8538adb7247c413e84d44760e2
6ff631.pdf
Journal for theory of law and case-law „Collection of legal papers“,
The Association of Lawyers of Montenegro

• August 2020

Author of the „Guide through Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights with a particular focus on the discrimination of disabled people“

https://www.gov.me/dokumenta/e3ec6bfd-7087-45dc-b74a6a87d946569
• June 2020

Author of the „Guide through Article 5 of the European Convention on
Human Rights “
https://gamn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GA-Vodic-kroz-clan-5-
evropske-konvencije-u-ljudskim-pravima.pdf
The NGO „Civic Alliance “, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade,
„Balkan Trust for Democracy“ (BTD) and „German Marshall Fund“
• May 2020

Co-author of the „Guide through Article 3 of the European Convention
on Human Rights – prohibition of torture, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment “
https://www.cedem.me/vijesti/vodic-kroz-clan-3-evropske-konvencije-o-
ljudskim-pravima-zabrana-mucenja-necovjecnog-ili-ponizavajuceg-post
• December 2019

Co-author of the “Analysis of the judgments of the European Court of
Human Rights in respect of Montenegro for 2018 and 2019”
https://www.gov.me/dokumenta/69a074a6-2a2b-42c2-9da4-
e94610153e61
Office of the Representative of Montenegro before the European Court of
Human Rights, the Supreme Court of Montenegro, the „AIRE“ Centre
from London and the British Embassy in Podgorica
• September 2019

Co-author of the „Guide through Article 6 of the European Convention
on Human Rights – the right to a fair trial “
https://www.cedem.me/vijesti/cedem-objavio-publikaciju-vodic-kroz-
clan-6-evropske-konvencije-o-ljudskim-pravima-pravo-na-pravicno-
sudjene
• July 2019

Co-author of the XIX Bulletin of the School of Political Studies
https://sps.gamn.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bilten-19-sps-cg.pdf
• November 2018

Co-author of the publication “Analysis of the judgments of the European
Court of Human Rights in respect of Montenegro”
Office of the Representative of Montenegro before the European Court of
Human Rights, the Supreme Court of Montenegro, the „AIRE“ Centre
from London and the British Embassy in Podgorica
• November 2016

Author of the paper „Best practices for the protection of victims“ within „The Critical Role of the Judiciary in combating Trafficking in Human Beings“
„M.C.T.C.“ Israel
• Mach 2014

Co-author of the Regional Handbook „High-tech crime (practical guide
through contemporary criminal law with examples from the practice)“
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• 2011-2014

Author of the papers “Detention / alternative ways of ensuring presence
of the accused in criminal proceedings”; “Criminal offences related to
cybercrime, with special emphasis on the implementation of the Budapest
Convention on Cybercrime”; “The indictment by the new Code of
Criminal Procedure of Montenegro“ and “Criminal offences against
payment transactions and business operations - with special reference to
the crime of money laundering”
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

VI Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue: Montenegrin

Foreign languages

Reading*
Writing*
Speaking*
English

excellent
excellent
excellent
Italian

excellent
excellent
excellent

Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian excellent excellent excellent
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* Proficiency scale: excellent / good / basic
Foreign language courses
Date (from – to)

Name of course
• February 2017
• August 2014

Advanced course of English in London “Executive Classix” at the prestigious school for learning English „Regent London“, London, UK
• May – October 2013

English course for lawyers organized by the Council of Europe at the Institute of Foreign Languages at the University of Montenegro
• October 2010 – June 2011

English course at the Centre for foreign languages and translation “DOUBLE L”
• July – August 2009

in possession of certificate issued by the Summer school of the English language in San Francisco on “Kaplan international languages – San Francisco, USA“, as well as several courses of English and Italian language at the Institute of Foreign Languages in Podgorica;
• June - August 2003

Italian language course at „Università per Stranieri di Perugia“ in Perugia, Italy
• May – June 1996
• September - December 1995


Italian and English courses at the Institute of Foreign Languages in Podgorica

Other personal competences
• Long-term chief of the departments within the courts
• Experience in exercising public duties and governing the state bodies
• lecturer, moderator at numerous conferences, seminars and law forums / international - national level
• Experience in the cooperation with the NGO sector at the national and the international level
• Alumni IVLP (International Visitor Leadership Program – USA)
• Highly reliable; personal responsibility for any assigned task. Strong team-worker / leadership qualities


VII Activities in the course of performing professional duties

Lecturer, panelist within Horizontal facility program of the Council of Europe for Western Balkans and
Turkey on the relevant topics such as:

- „Harmonization of national legislation in the area of procedural rights with relevant European standards“,
“Measures of secret surveillance from the point of case-law of the European Court of Human Rights“;
“Analysis of procedural guarantees in criminal proceedings, for the purpose of further alignment of legal
framework and case-law with the European standards, within the scope of procedural guarantees of the
suspects and the accused individuals in Montenegro; „Relevant case-law of the European Court of Human
Rights in cases of domestic violence“ ; „Application of the European Court of Human Rights standards at
the national level; “The Analysis on Procedural Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Non-Criminal
Proceedings”, Detention and other measures of depriving of liberty, The latest case-law of the ECHR for
the protection of right to property with a special overview on the relationship between Article 6 of the ECHR and Article 1 of the Protocol no.1 to the ECtHR”;
- Executing judgments of the ECtHR: procedures and working methods at meetings related to the topic of
human rights of the Committee of Ministers-the role of State agents before the ECtHR; Standards of the
European Court of Human Rights on the Rights to Freedom and Security-relevant case-law; Obligation to
Execute the Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights-Administrative cases; Organizer and team
leader for the Regional Conference on the topic „Execution of judgments of the European Court of Human
Rights also supported with the Council of Europe Programme office Podgorica, Montenegro; The principle
of subsidiarity: Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at the national level“; Roles
of Agents of state parties before the European Court of Human Rights as national coordinators in the
execution of judgments and decisions of state courts „Implementation of the European Convention on
Human Rights Practices and Challenges of the Courts in Central and South-east Europe; Tackling ill-
treatment by police: addressing challenges revealed by judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
and by other Council of Europe bodies- organized by the Committee of ministers of the Council of Europe,
European Court of Human Rights and the Department of the Council of Europe for conducting standards
in the area of human rights, judiciary and legal cooperation; and also Lecturer within the Execution School
(Serbia), on executing the judgments of the ECtHR, organized by the Council of Europe;


Lecturer in the organization of the AIRE Centre from London, through the support of the Secretariat of the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative;

- at the college of the Court of the Bosnia and Herzegovina on the topics: Lawfulness of evidence stemming from crypted communication platforms ( SKY ECC, ANOM,ENCHRO CHAT), international standards and current issues; Trial in cases related to criminal offence of money laundering – standards, case-law and challenges; „SKY application phenomenon and challenge in practice; „ Independence and Impartiality of the Judiciary, „Effective confiscation of property acquired from proceeds of crime in the Western Balkans”;
“Fight against corruption and organized crime in the Western Balkans through enhancing regional
cooperation in confiscating proceeds of crime”.

Lecturer at the continuous training for judges and state prosecutors, in the organization of the Council of Europe Program Office in Podgorica and the Training Center in the Judiciary and State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro on the topics such as:

-„Application of the ECHR at national level-Right to a legal aid”, “Reasoning of legal reasons for
determining and extending detention in accordance with Convention compliant standards and examples
from case-law of ECHR – special review on reasoning pursuant to reasoning in alignment with Article 5 §
1 and 3 of the Convention ”; The European Convention on Human Rights - Article 6 § 1 (the right to trial
within a reasonable time and Efficacy and effectiveness of decision-making in administrative proceedings
); Article 1 of the Protocol 1 to the ECHR – right to property with the emphasis on the coastal zone ; Case-
law of ECHR related to property right with respect to Montenegro“, Article 8 of the ECHR – various aspects of the rights to privacy“; Derogation to right to private life in extraordinary circumstances“; „Effectiveness of the constitutional complaint in the national legal system of Montenegro through the decisions of the Court in Strasbourg“; “Article 13 of ECHR-right to effective legal remedy “;„Diagnosis and therapy of freedom of expression, hate speech and ethnic tensions – application of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights“; „Introduction to right to freedom of expression and applicability of Article 10 of the European Convention through examples of the European Court”, „Latest case-law of the European Court with respect to freedom of expression“; Providing adequate response of the system institutions“: Presenting work and operational manner of ECHR and role of Registrar and Juris Consult“ „Getting acquainted with usage of latest public platform ECHR-KS knowledge – sharing platform and the latest case-law“; „Awarding non-pecuniary damage in the case law of the ECHR and in the cases against Montenegro“ „Judgement and decisions of the ECHR and the execution of judgments.“

Lecturer at the numerous workshop within the network of young judges organized by the Ministry of Justice of Montenegro, the AIRE Centre from London and the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative, through the support of the British Embassy in Podgorica:

-„The right to respect for private life and awarding non-pecuniary damage – examples of the relevant case-
law of the European Court and the domestic courts-case study; “Detention, alternatives to detention and
Article 5 of the Convention”, “Standards of the ECtHR with respect to the right to liberty and security case- law; „Criminal offences against safety of computer data” and „Electronic evidence“; „Effective
confiscation of proceeds of crime pursuant to the European standards“, „Importance of international and
regional cooperation“.

Lecturer in the continuity at the training for judges and prosecutors in the organization of the NGOs
CEDEM and Civic Alliance”, the Institute for Media, with the support of the European Union through
the European instrument for the Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), The Balkan Trust for
Democracy and the Royal Norwegian Embassy on the topics:

-“The efficient investigation in the cases related to torture and the violation of human rights”: The rights
and obligations of persons deprived of liberty and the reason why such persons pertain to the vulnerable
category” and “Meaning and the practical application of the standards and requests stemming from Articles 3, 5, 6 and 13 of the Convention”; “Efficient cases in the cases related to torture and the violation of human rights:“The exchange of best examples of case-law in the most important cases within the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights”; Latest case-law of the European Court in the cases related to the freedom of expression; The selected judgments of the European Court in Strasbourg - cases related to
discrimination of women in the area of political participation ;Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on preventing and combating violence
against women and domestic violence (The Istanbul Convention);Harmonization of Montenegrin legislation with anti-discriminatory standards of the EU and the Council of Europe (Conventions, Directives and Resolutions) in the area of gender-based violence and Case-law; Subjects of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights, obligations of the Representative of Montenegro before the ECtHR“;
„Influence of international judgments on domestic judiciary; Fight against corruption and organized crime
in the Western Balkans through enhancing regional cooperation in confiscating proceeds of crime”;

Lecturer at the Academy for advisers in judiciary and the institution of the Ombudsman:

-“Obligation to Execute Decisions of the European Court“; „The harmonization of the Montenegrin
legislation with the anti-discriminatory standards of the EU and the Council of Europe“, “Case-law and
obligation to execute decisions of the ECtHR in respect of Montenegro in conjunction with Article 3”;
„Deciding within a reasonable time in administrative proceedings-Right to an effective legal remedy in
administrative proceedings“; „Standards and relevant case-law of the European Court of Human Rights”;

Panelist, moderator at the many conferences on the various topics:

-“Anti-corruption measure Suggested reforms regarding the confiscation of property derived from criminal
proceeds”; The Amendments Bill to the Law on confiscating property gain acquired through criminal
activities; Present challenges of the rule of law in Montenegro - a competent discussion on currently open
affairs; Using administrative law in investigations and proceedings concerning the abuse of power and
corruption; ECHR and relevant Montenegrin legislation and practice ; Use of domestic remedies, judicial
and non-judicial mechanisms by legal professionals; Submitting documents in the enforcement and security process in the context of procedural guarantees of the right to a fair trial; Ground for filing a complaint in the enforcement and security process in the context of the right to an effective legal remedy; „Opinions of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)“Opinion no. 12 and 16 of the Consultative Council of European Judges; “The role of Presidents of court in ensuring independent and responsible judiciary -
Proactive approach of Presidents of court in analyzing and efficient management of court case”;