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DPM Pažin: Proposed Law on Freedom of Religion provides six levels of legal protection

Published on: Dec 23, 2019 • 9:30 PM Author: PR Service
Podgorica, Montenegro (23 December 2019) -- The Draft Law on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Legal Status of Religious Communities provides six levels of legal remedies, Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin stated earlier today.

"This Law opens up a possibility of legal remedies at six different levels: an administrative procedure will be initiated in a disputed situations (1), then there is a possibility of appeal in the second instance (2), then an administrative dispute can be initiated (3), after that proceedings before the Supreme Court may be opened trough extraordinary legal remedies (4), after which it is possible to submit a constitutional complaint to the Constitutional Court (5) and finally, once all the effective legal remedies available in our legal system have been exhausted, it is possible to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (6). Therefore, the highest degree on protection of legal certainty has been secured for any legal entity that feels threatened by any provision of this Law," Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Zoran Pažin stated in his closing remarks at today's session of the Assembly Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms, on whose agenda the proposed law was set. 

The Vice Prime Minister read the following section of the Venice Commission’s opinion: "With regard to the important issue of the property of religious communities, the Venice Commission understands the concern of the Montenegrin authorities with regard to bringing legal certainty and addressing the issue of alleged illegal/abusive registration in the name of religious communities in 1990s of a number of religious immovable properties which may be part of the cultural heritage of Montenegro. This is all the more so, because the state – according to Article 78 of the Constitution - has the duty to protect natural and cultural heritage of the country. The Venice Commission welcomes in this respect that the solutions proposed in this draft law rely on long-standing legal principles of the Montenegrin legal order, and are not based on ad hoc rules, specific for this situation."

The Deputy Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with the level of dialogue culture expressed today.

"A dialogue builds bridges between people and a lack of tolerance breaks those bridges. I am sure, we are all for persisting in building bridges. It is not that difficult, it just takes a little bit of a goodwill, understanding, respect for the dignity of each individual, and taking into account that a harsh word affects not only the person it is aimed at, but even more so the one who uttered it," Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin stressed in his closing remarks at the session of the Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms.

PUBLIC RELATION SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO 




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