Subject Case Lakicevic-Djuranovic before the Ethical Committee




Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore

Senate of the University of Montenegro on today’s session held, after consideration of amended Report of the Commission and all facts and evidence, unanimously has taken a stance giving the consent to Conclusion of the Commission and condemned this kind of violation of academic integrity but there is no legal basis for further action in this legal issue since in the meantime the Ethical Committee has been established (‘Official Gazette of Montenegro’, no. 57/19 from 11.10.2019) as competent body for decision-making at proposal for determination of academic integrity ‘for citizens of Montenegro whose paper has been published, or qualification acquired out of Montenegro’ (Article 14 paragraph 1 item 3 of the Law on Academic Integrity), that was not established when the Proposal for Initiation is submitted even though in that moment it had to be established in accordance with the Law on Academic Integrity (Article 26 of the Law on Academic Integrity).   

Senate of the University of Montenegro on today’s held session made the Decision for declaring Senate UoM non-competent for further proceeding for determination of plagiarism of Bojana Lakicevic Djuranovic, PhD and documents of this subject case sent to the Ethical Committee.  

Decision of the Government of Montenegro, from September 26th 2019, states that Ethical Committee is authorized body for further conduct of proceeding and decision-making. Procedure for text named ‘Role and Significance of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Creation and Implementation of EU Law – examples from practice’ published in journal ‘Legal Life’ by Association of Lawyers of Serbia was initiated at proposal made by NGO Centre for Civic Education July 8th 2019.

Senate from the beginning of the proceeding had taken into consideration that the Ethical Committee as authorized body is not formed and that the Law on Academic Integrity may not be actually implemented since the body for conducting procedure and decision-making in accordance with that Law is not formed, even though in the moment of initiation of proceeding it had to be formed in accordance with the Law on Academic Integrity (Article 26 of the Law on Academic Integrity).    

In such a situation, having in mind significance of the procedure the Senate aimed at efficient determination of facts and especially for responsible relation towards subjects of violation of academic integrity, with the aim to protect reputation of the University, has decided to initiate the proceeding in the only possible objective way – according to by then applicable regulations.

Senate has after consideration of the Commission Report and all facts and evidence taken the stance of giving consent to the Conclusion made by the Commission represented in the Report but there is lack of legal basis for taking further actions in this legal matter.  

At the session the Senate also concluded that the Senate condemns these kind of violations of academic integrity.

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