From November 14th to 15th, a two-day seminar titled "Probation and the System of Alternative Sanctions and Measures in Montenegro" was held at the Hotel "Bianca" in Kolasin. The seminar was attended by the representatives of basic courts, the Directorate for Probation and the Center for Social Work.

The lecturers at the seminar were Milorad Markovic, the CEO of the Institute for Legal Studies, and Rade Cetkovic, a member of the Judicial Council and a judge in the Basic Court in Podgorica.

During the first day of the seminar, Milorad Markovic spoke about alternative sanctions in the sources of universal and European regional international organizations, while Rade Cetkovic spoke about experience and practice in the application of alternative sanctions.

On the second day of the seminar, the participants had the opportunity to learn about the comparative practice of individual countries in the application of alternative sanctions with a special focus on probation and to gain valuable knowledge about the application of conditional sentence with protective supervision, as one of the alternative criminal sanctions that are at least applies.

The seminar was organized within the project "Restorative Justice Society - Affirmation of the System of Alternative Sanctions in Montenegro", which CeMI is implementing with the financial support from the Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro.