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25/07/2025

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION (HRA), CENTRE FOR CIVIC EDUCATION (CCE) AND WOMEN RIGHTS CENTRE (WRC) URGE PRIME MINISTER TO WITHDRAW THE BILL ON THE AGENCY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

Human Rights Action (HRA), the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), and the Women Rights Centre (WRC) have sent a letter to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, […]
21/07/2025

SLOBODAN PEKOVIĆ CONVICTED FOR CIVILIAN MURDERS AND RAPE IN FOČA IN 1992 – MONTENEGRO’S FIRST VERDICT FOR WARTIME SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFERS HOPE TO VICTIMS

The Higher Court in Podgorica today, after a three-year trial, sentenced Slobodan Peković to 20 years in prison for a war crime against the civilian population […]
19/07/2025

CIN-CG/HRA: MONTENEGRO IMPROVED THE LAW ON FREE LEGAL AID LAST YEAR, BUT STILL DOES NOT IMPLEMENT IT PROPERLY – Relatives of those who went missing during the war should also be allowed to use free legal aid

“A judge in Danilovgrad told me I shouldn’t be concerned about who my lawyer is. I haven’t received any updates on the case for five months […]
11/07/2025

THE CONCLUSION OF THE ONLY ACTIVE WAR CRIMES TRIAL IN MONTENEGRO – Closing arguments in the case of Slobodan Peković, accused of murders and rape in Foča in 1992

Final statements were presented today before the High Court in Podgorica in the case against Slobodan Peković, a Montenegrin citizen accused of committing war crimes against […]