The aim of this analysis is to provide specific suggestions and recommendations for Montenegrin institutions performing oversight on the Law on Free Access to Information (public authorities and institutions in charge of disclosure of information, newly created Agency For the Protection of Personal Data and Free Access to Information as well as the Administrative and Supreme Court) and thereby develop the protection mechanisms for freedom of information as a basic precondition of a democratic state.
The freedom of expression is a key precondition for fundamental human rights and sustainable development of democratic society. Freedom of expression and freedom of press allow people to express their opinions and share them with others. They allow criticism of those who are in power and are basic freedoms which are necessary in order to oppose government. No authority can be sacred where freedom to criticize exists.
