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03/12/2023

HRA’s Report “Liability for the Violation of Health Measures during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Montenegro”

On Friday, 1 December 2023, Human Rights Action (HRA) presented the draft version of its report entitled “Liability for the Violation of Health Measures during the […]
28/11/2023

APPEAL 19 NGOs: Urgent and decisive action required against threats due to freedom of expression

We demand from the State Prosecutor’s Office, the Police Directorate and the competent courts to urgently investigate, process and adequately punish in criminal proceedings the direct […]
27/11/2023

Human Rights Action on the Prosecutorial Council’s conclusions from the 21st session concerning the investigation into the murder of Duško Jovanović: The new Government should engage a foreign expert to review the investigation, while the Council should insist on verifying the legality of the work of competent prosecutors

The Human Rights Action (HRA) welcomes the decision of the Prosecutorial Council to verify whether, in the investigation of the murder of Duško Jovanović, the state […]
10/11/2023

HRA is Asking the New Minister of the Interior for Zero Tolerance for Torture

The Human Rights Action (HRA) supports the European Commission’s (EC) recommendation which says that Montenegro must step up its efforts to conduct effective investigations of police […]
09/11/2023

REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S REPORT ON MONTENEGRO FOR THE YEAR 2023 – SUBJECT: JUSTICE

The Human Rights Action (HRA) finds that the report of the European Commission (EC) comprehensively, precisely and objectively presented the situation in the judiciary as a […]
08/11/2023

REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S REPORT ON MONTENEGRO 2023 – SUBJECT: WAR CRIMES

The Human Rights Action (HRA) supports the assessment of the European Commission (EC) that Montenegro must improve its approach to the investigation and prosecution of war […]
27/10/2023

THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF MONTENEGRO UNJUSTIFIEDLY ABOLISHED THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO MORE FAVOURABLE REQUIREMENTS FOR RETIREMENT

The Human Rights Action and the Centre for Women’s Rights are protesting the decision of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro to abolish the right of women […]
23/10/2023

HRA APPEAL: URGENTLY RECUSE PROSECUTOR MAJA KNEŽEVIĆ, WHOSE DECISION DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES OF POLICE TORTURE HAS BEEN REVERSED FOUR TIMES

For the fourth time, the High State Prosecutor’s Office approved the complaint of Jovan Grujičić and reversed the decision of state prosecutor Maja Knežević to dismiss […]
17/10/2023

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Montenegro is not even close to fulfilling the 2014 recommendations of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights aimed at combating poverty

Montenegro has been three years late in submitting its report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, so to date there is no […]
12/10/2023

THERE IS A NEED TO URGENTLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF JUDGES

The Human Rights Action (HRA) appealed to the Judicial Council today to urgently take additional measures to solve the problem of still-vacant judicial positions. We believe […]
11/10/2023

THE MARKO BOLJEVIĆ TORTURE TRIAL CONTINUES: WAS THE BLACK ‘OPEL ASTRA’ VEHICLE, USED BY THE DEFENDANTS, ASSIGNED TO MILOŠ VUČINIĆ?

The trial of five police inspectors – Danilo Grbović, Dalibor Ljekočević, Bojan Vujačić, Ivan Peruničić and Nemanja Vujošević, accused of extorting a statement from Marko Boljević […]
29/09/2023

IN MEMORIAM: VLADIMIR BAROVIĆ, THE ADMIRAL WHO DEFENDED HONOUR WITH HIS LIFE

We are taking this opportunity to remember the Admiral of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), Vladimir Barović, who took his own life on 29 September 1991 […]