26/01/2024

TRIAL FOR THE ATTACK ON CIVIL ACTIVIST BOŠKO PAVIĆEVIĆ BEGINS IN NIKŠIĆ

The trial of two defendants accused of inflicting serious bodily injuries on Boško Pavićević, a civic activist from Nikšić who confronted vandals in the night between […]
25/01/2024

MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR IS JUSTIFYING ILL-TREATMENT

The Human Rights Action is expressing concern over the fact that Minister of the Interior Danilo Šaranović does not understand the prohibition of ill-treatment to which […]
25/01/2024

WILL THE NEW SUPREME STATE PROSECUTOR RELIEVE FORMER LEADERSHIP OF LIABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES?

On Saturday, 27 January, the Parliament of Montenegro will be deciding on the election of the Supreme State Prosecutor (SSP), choosing among three candidates: Maja Jovanović, […]
24/01/2024

RMANDIĆ SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DEFEND HIMSELF

The main hearing scheduled for today before the Misdemeanour Court in Podgorica against Igor Rmandić, officer of the Police Administration of the Security Centre in Herceg […]
23/01/2024

The Human Rights Action’s Position on the Termination of the Mandate of Montenegro’s Representative before the European Court of Human Rights: The Government Should Stop Passing Unconstitutional Decrees that Serve to Eliminate Undesirable Civil Servants (ad hominem)

At the end of December last year, the Ministry of Justice proposed, and the Government promptly adopted, an amendment to the Decree on the Representative of […]
20/01/2024

DO NOT REDUCE THE ACHIEVED LEVEL OF GUARANTEES OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL AND PERSONAL FREEDOM – Reaction to the Ministry of Justice’s Proposal to Abolish Indictment Control and the Limitation of the Duration of Detention Preceding the First-Instance Verdict

As regards the announced amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code concerning the abolition of the institute of confirmation of indictment and the limitation of detention to […]