The Fifth Regional Forum for Transitional Justice, Budva, Montenegro

The Fifth Regional Forum gathered over 200 NGOs from all states in the region of the former Yugoslavia. With its 316 participants, it stands as one of the largest gatherings on transitional justice to date. With the assistance of the Secretariat of the RECOM Coalition, the Forum was organized by the Center for Civic Education and the Human Rights Action from Montenegro. This was the first Forum where members of the RECOM Coalition, as part of four separate workshops, discussed the model and other elements of the RECOM model. The day before the Forum, the members of the Coalition held the first and founding session of the Assembly, which saw the adoption of the Coalition Statute and the election of members to the Coordinating Council. The Fifth Forum was opened by Ranko Krivokapić, the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Montenegro, along with Pierre Mirel, the head of the European Commission’s Enlargement Unit for the Western Balkans, and Ron J. P. M. van Dartel, the Dutch Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro.