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11/03/2015

10/3/2015 – COMMISSION FOR MONITORING INVESTIGATION OF ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS SHOULD PUBLISH A REPORT ON THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS WORK

Human Rights Action (HRA) urges the Commission for monitoring actions of the competent state authorities regarding the investigations of old and recent cases of intimidation and […]
10/03/2015

9/3/2015- „WHISTLE-BLOWER“ DRAGOJEVIĆ UNLAWFULLY PUNISHED BY THE RAILWAY TRANSPORT COMPANY OF MONTENEGRO

The Basic Court in Podgorica annulled as unlawful the decision by which the Railway Transport of Montenegro JSC had temporarily suspended its engineer Milisav Dragojević (from […]
04/03/2015

2/3/2015 – CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION: DECISION ON SOCIAL AND CHILD PROTECTION OF THE CAPITAL CITY UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR DISCRIMINATION OF FOREIGNERS

HRA welcomes the decision of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro to declare unconstitutional the provision of the Decision of the Capital City on forms of social […]
01/03/2015

1/3/2015 – QUESTIONS FOR THE SUPREME STATE PROSECUTOR: WAR CRIMES

Last week NGO Human Rights Action (HRA) asked the Supreme State Prosecutor, Ivica Stanković, whether the State Prosecutor’s Office ever filed the announced request for judicial […]
28/02/2015

27/2/2015 – DISAPPOINTING LAWS ON COURTS, JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND THE STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

Last week the Parliament has, apart from the Law on the Constitutional Court, adopted other laws regulating judiciary and the State Prosecutor’s Office. Unlike the new […]
26/02/2015

26/2/2015 – IMPROVED LAW ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

HRA welcomes decision of the Montenegrin Parliament to adopt another two amendments to the Bill of Law on the Constitutional Court, as proposed by Liberal Party […]
25/02/2015

24/2/2015 – MPs TO DECIDE ON DRAFT LAWS ON COURTS, JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

The final debate on draft laws on courts, Judicial Council and state prosecutor’s office, as well as the amendments to these draft laws filed by the […]
24/02/2015

20/2/2015 – THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REACT TO ACTIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

The decision of the Ministry of Interior not to comply with the decision of the Administrative Court on a temporary measure (injunction) according to which priest […]
19/02/2015

17/2/2015 – PROGRESS IN IMPROVEMENT OF DRAFT LAW ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Parliamentary Committee on Political System, Judiciary and Administration agreed with the Minister of justice on another two important amendments to the Draft Law on the Constitutional […]
12/02/2015

11/2/2015 – THE FATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION BEFORE THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

The Parliamentary Committee on Political System, Judiciary and Administration agreed with the Minister of Justice on only four amendments to the Draft Law on the Constitutional […]
11/02/2015

10/2/2015 – CONFLICT OF INTEREST ENABLED FOR MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL AND PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL

Draft laws on the judiciary, considered at the plenum of the Parliament of Montenegro, allow conflict of interest for members of the Judicial and Prosecutorial Council […]
10/02/2015

6/2/2015 – REGARDING THE DECISION OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE TO REDUCE ITS BUDGET FOR 400.000 EUR

Human Rights Action (HRA) urged the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Mr Predrag Bošković, to reconsider his decision to redirect 400,000 euros of the Ministry’s […]