Government of Montenegro Adopted Report on the Work of the Office of the Montenegrin Representative before the European Court of Human Rights for the Period January – June 2026

In the reporting period, which serves as the baseline for the report, the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter: the Court) communicated a total of 36 cases to Montenegro, the highest number in the past three years, and published 13 decisions and rendered 3 judgments. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted 12 resolutions closing the supervision of the execution of judgments and decisions. Three-quarters of the communicated cases (12 applications) related to alleged violations of the right to a fair trial due to the length of proceedings before the Constitutional Court of Montenegro. The remaining applications concerned requests for intervener status, alleged arbitrary application of substantive law violating property rights, alleged lack of impartiality of a Constitutional Court judge, and a request for a provisional measure regarding the extradition of the applicant. During the same period, the Court issued 2 judgments (totaling 8 joined applications) finding a violation of Article 6(1) of the Convention due to the length of proceedings before the Constitutional Court, and 3 decisions (totaling 10 joined applications) where cases were struck off the list after the applicants and the state reached friendly settlements. The Office of the Representative submitted 5 Action Plans to the Court’s Enforcement Department, and the Committee of Ministers adopted one final Resolution closing the supervision of execution in the case of Maksic v. Montenegro. The Office continues to coordinate the implementation of Court judgments and decisions at the national level, which is also an indicator of the rule of law relevant to Montenegro’s accession process to the European Union.