Vrhovni sud Crne Gore (Supreme Court of Montenegro)

Ms Valentina Pavličić 
President of the Supreme Court

President since: 2 December 2024
Member of the Supreme Court since: 2013

Biography and career

I   Education and other qualifications

February 1997: Passed State Judicial Exam

1986 – 1990: Graduated at the Faculty of Law in Podgorica, University of Montenegro

II   Relevant professional activities

September 2015  – February 2024: National consultant - Council of Europe for the area of ​​Rule of Law in relation to implementation of ECtHR judgments in the national judicial system.

Representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

2013 - 2015: President of the Criminal Department of the High Court in Podgorica

2008 - 2015: Judge in the Specialized Department for Organized Crime, Corruption, Terrorism and War Crimes in the High Court in Podgorica

2006 - 2015:  Judge in the first-instance Criminal Department of the High Court in Podgorica

2005-2006: Chief of the Investigation Department – the Basic Court in Podgorica

2004 - 2005: Investigating judge - the Basic Court in Podgorica

2001 - 2006: Judge in the first-instance Criminal Department of the Basic Court in Podgorica

1997 - 2001: Adviser and Secretary of the High Court in Podgorica

1991 - 1996: Law trainee and chief of legal service in the bank "Agrokombinat 13. jul“