The President of the Constitutional Court, Snežana Armenko, announced that the institution is making efforts to establish procedures and a rhythm of functioning in order to further strengthen and improve the efficiency, transparency and consistency in the work of the Constitutional Court, with an emphasis on resolving constitutional appeals from 2022 and 2023 by the end of the current year.
She said this at a meeting with a delegation from the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights during their first visit to Montenegro, the Constitutional Court announced.
"The President of the Constitutional Court, Snežana Armenko, pointed out the importance of the Reykjavik Declaration, which emphasizes that the long-term sustainability, integrity and credibility of the Convention system depend on the execution of the judgments of the European Court and which reaffirms the deep and lasting commitment to the Convention and the European Court as the ultimate highest guarantor of human rights across the continent," the statement said.
As announced, the Head of the Department for the Execution of Judgments, Claire Brown, pointed out that the Constitutional Court plays a key role in the convention system for the protection of human rights at the national level.
"...Because a constitutional complaint, which is an efficient and effective legal remedy, not only establishes and prevents a violation, but also plays a decisive preventive role in ensuring that such violations do not recur in the future," it adds.
It is emphasized that Braun expressed satisfaction with the achieved work results, especially in relation to the success in resolving cases older than three years, emphasizing the importance of this fact in the context of monitoring the work of the Constitutional Court.
"She particularly emphasized that since September 2024, there have been no new cases communicated to the ECHR in relation to the length of proceedings before the Constitutional Court, and pointed out the importance of the reduction in the length of proceedings that the Constitutional Court has achieved in the past year," the statement reads.
"President Armenko and Ms. Brown agreed on the importance of the approach by which the Constitutional Court of Montenegro protects the rights and freedoms of its citizens by directly applying the standards established by the ECHR in its decisions, thereby consistently respecting the principle of subsidiarity of this court in relation to the national level of protection," it added.
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