RECOMMENDATIONS
Of the first working session of the Working group 4 – Justice, Freedom and Security
on the topic
“Establishment of a mechanism for controlling the work of persons with police authorizations and prison police”
held on 29th of March, 2018
1. Providing priority in the procedure for adoption of the Law on amendments of the Law on the Public prosecutions and the Law on amending the Law on Courts;
2. Adoption of bylaws which with concisely defined provisions will guarantee the efficient establishment and successful functioning of the external oversight system;
3. Establishment of a tool for continuous monitoring of the new concept for an external oversight mechanism and continuous improvement of the working methodology;
4. Organizing debates in all concerned institutions with the involvement of trade union organizations in order to provide a successful and efficient mechanism for external oversight for the Law Enforcement;
5. Design of training programs for all stakeholders in the relevant entities – stakeholder of the system for functioning of the concept of external oversight mechanism;
6. Ensuring high level of transparency by all stakeholders in the process of functioning of the new concept for an external oversight mechanism in order to create conditions for critical review and analysis of its functioning by the civil society (professional and public);
7. Adoption of a separate document – Action plan that will determine the specific activities, the stakeholders of the activities, the deadline for their realization and possible fiscal implications, in order to provide an efficient methodological approach for fully establishing the concept of the external oversight mechanism for the Law Enforcement, in the direction of creating all the conditions for its functioning;
8. With the functioning of this new mechanism, the emphasis on controlling the work of the police from one side is increasing, which is certainly a benefit for every democratic society, but on the other hand, it is imposed on and recommended to further develop standard operating procedures for the application of all police powers, professionalization of the staff who will assess the conduct of the police and their continuous training, which provides a certain balance within this new concept of an external oversight mechanism.