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24/03/2023

THE STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE WAS AWARE OF SERIOUS CASES OF POLICE TORTURE, BUT FAILED TO REACT ADEQUATELY

Regarding the photographs depicting ill-treatment of victims of police torture, which were exchanged in encrypted communication among members of the Department for Special Operational Support of […]
15/03/2023

IMPUNITY FOR POLICE BRUTALITY IS UNDERMINING THE RULE OF LAW – STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY

On the occasion of the International Day against Police Brutality, the Human Rights Action would like to point out that this phenomenon is still insufficiently suppressed […]
08/03/2023

Complaint filed to Montenegrin Ombudsman against the Ministry of Health because of discrimination against LGBTQ persons

Twenty members of the coalition “Equality” submitted a complaint to the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro against the Ministry of Health regarding regulations […]
07/03/2023

TV APPEARANCES INSTEAD OF SUSPENSION DUE TO TORTURE

In a letter to the Minister of the Interior Filip Adzić, and the Director of Police Administration Zoran Brdjanin, the Executive Director of the NGO Human […]
06/03/2023

Our children should not have to live in fear of violence

The Parents Association and the Human Rights Action are calling on the authorities to conduct an urgent and thorough investigation and appropriately sanction all who participated […]
06/03/2023

HRA’S APPEAL: AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE NEED TO ESTABLISH JUDICIAL POLICE IN MONTENEGRO

The Human Rights Action (HRA) supports today’s protest in front of the Basic Court in Podgorica, which was organised by employees of judicial institutions because of […]
28/02/2023

FOR AN EFFECTIVE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT, IT IS NECESSARY TO ELECT THE FOURTH CANDIDATE

The Parliament of Montenegro had an obligation to elect the fourth candidate for judge of the Constitutional Court, as this would ensure that this Court had […]
27/02/2023

Expert opinion: The proposed “anti-mafia” law is not in line with the European human rights standards

The Human Rights Action (HRA) once again appealed to the Parliament of Montenegro and the Montenegrin Government to abandon the adoption of the Draft Law on […]
27/02/2023

THREE DECADES OF WAITING FOR JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF THE CRIME COMMITTED IN ŠTRPCI

Today marks three decades since the war crime in which twenty passengers were taken off a train at the station in Štrpci and murdered. The Human […]
21/02/2023

Implementation of the War Crimes Investigation Strategy of the State Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro 2021 – 2022

Implementation of the War Crimes Investigation Strategy of the State Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro 2021 – 2022
21/02/2023
The Human Rights Action (HRA) is protesting the decision of the basic state prosecutor in Podgorica, Maja Knežević, to dismiss for the third time the criminal […]
09/02/2023

THE PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL CIRCUMVENTED THE BAN ON THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

The Human Rights Action believes that the Prosecutorial Council should not have considered higher state prosecutor Tatjana Begović (from the list of prosecutors with at least […]