Montenegro
More than 80 people were reported missing in Montenegro as a result of the violence that accompanied the break-up of former Yugoslavia. Some 30 percent of cases were solved. Although the number of reported missing persons is not large, each case represents a tragedy for individual families and calls for an effective investigation by the authorities.
ICMP’s cooperation with Montenegro on missing persons issues began in 2001, when ICMP signed a cooperation agreement with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, of which Montenegro was part at the time. ICMP and Montenegro continued cooperation after Montenegro separated from Yugoslavia in 2006. Since then the Commission on Missing Persons of Montenegro has participated in all regional cooperation initiatives.
To strengthen forensic capacity in Montenegro with regard to missing persons, ICMP delivered a six-day training course for scientists from the Montenegro Forensic Center Police Directorate in October 2011 in Sarajevo and Tuzla.
ICMP welcomed the signing of agreements on mutual cooperation in resolving the missing persons issue between Serbia and Montenegro in 2012, Montenegro and Kosovo in 2015, Montenegro and Croatia in 2017, and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2020.
