MEETING OF CHIEF PROSECUTORS OF PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH AND SUPREME STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF MONTENEGRO

A working meeting of the delegations of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro was held at the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH. During it, an Agreement on understanding and cooperation in the field of support for witnesses, injured parties and victims was signed to allow their participation in criminal proceedings in war crimes cases.

The agreement was signed by Chief Prosecutors Milanko Kajganić and Milorad Marković.

The signed agreement will allow for faster and more efficient cooperation in war crimes cases, as well as the organisation of testimony and participation in proceedings for witnesses, victims and injured parties in war crimes cases prosecuted in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and in which witnesses and injured parties residing and living in another country take part.

The Chief Prosecutors jointly welcomed the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on the legality and admissibility of evidence obtained from encrypted applications as an important step in the fight against organised international crime in the countries of the region and strengthening the rule of law in BiH and Montenegro.