In his opening remarks, Nuhodžić emphasized that respect for and protection of human rights of members of the Army and police of Montenegro, as well as the respect and protection of the rights of those over whom certain authorities in the execution of tasks and missions are carried, represented a basic requirement to further building of peace and stability both in the region and in the world, and the permanent task in the work of competent institutions in this area.  

Hereafter, he emphasized that the Security and Defense Committee, in addition to other legal solutions governing this matter, delivering and implementing the Law on Parliamentary Oversight of Security and Defense Sector, also developed instruments of active operation in this field, with full respect for the Constitution of Montenegro, as well as OSCE Code of Conduct in political-military aspects of security.  

"Giving full support to this project, I can say that the Parliament of Montenegro and the Security and Defense Committee, as its competent working body, in its further work, using legal mechanisms and good practices of cooperation, would continue to follow with special attention respect of human rights of members of the Army and police of Montenegro, as a necessary and important requirement of further reform in the security and defense sector. At the same time I expect that, with our full support, this type of training will become a regular practice, both of participants in international missions, and the regular composition of the Army and the Police. Achieving such standards in this area will contribute to the more efficient and effective democratic control and oversight of security and defense sector", concluded Nuhodžić.  

In addition to the Chairperson of the Security and Defense Committee Mevludin Nuhodžić, participants were addressed by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Ambassador Janina Hrebičkova, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Montenegro Bojan Šarkić and Advisor for Human Rights in the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw Oyvind Hoyen.  

The focus of the two-day training, which is led by international and local experts, and which is organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry of Defense, are human rights and obligations of members of the armed forces prior to their involvement in international missions and multilateral forces.