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17/04/2024

61 NGOs’ Initiative for Montenegro to Sponsor the UN Resolution on Genocide in Srebrenica

Representatives of 61 non-governmental organizations and 14 individuals sent the Prime Minister, Milojko Spajić, an initiative for Montenegro to sponsor the UN Resolution on the genocide […]
12/04/2024

SIXTEEN NGOs PROTEST AGAINST PROPOSAL TO EXTEND SITTING CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGES’ MANDATES IN MONTENEGRO

Members of The Europe Now! Movement (PES), Vasilije Čarapić and Darko Dragović, have proposed an amendment to the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance [1] to […]
08/04/2024

OMBUDSMAN ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE REPORT OF TORTURE OF MILE JOVANOVIĆ: INEFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION BY THE BASIC STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IN PODGORICA

In his opinion of 18 March 2024, the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro (Ombudsman) concluded that “the ineffective investigation of the Basic State […]
02/04/2024

Alarmingly Low Turnout: Nine Applicants for 41 Intern Positions in Montenegrin Courts

The very small number of people who applied to the competition of the Supreme Court of Montenegro for the admission of interns in the courts requires […]
27/03/2024

STATUS OF CIVIL VICTIMS OF WAR – The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare is Late in Drafting the Law on Veterans and Disability Protection

The Working Group of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW) charged with preparing the text of the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law […]
26/03/2024

Response to the Reaction of the Supreme Court of Montenegro: WE DID NOT SAY THE SAME JUDGES WHO HAD VOTED FOR VESNA MEDENICA HAVE NOW BOYCOTTED THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT. THE BOYCOTT WAS LAWFUL, BUT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE IN VIEW OF THE INSTITUTION IN QUESTION AND THE COUNTRY’S SPECIFIC POSITION

Yesterday, on 25 March, in a reaction that was published on the official website under the title “It is unacceptable to speculate about the names of […]
26/03/2024

Chief of Communal Police of Nikšić Indicted for Unauthorised Use of Personal Data of a Female Environmental Activist

The Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Nikšić has filed an indictment against the chief of communal police of Nikšić, Veselin Čurović, for the commission of the […]
25/03/2024

WE SUCCEEDED! THE STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE HAS GIVEN UP PROSECUTION FOR THE “VERBAL OFFENSE”!

Human Rights Action is very satisfied with the decision of the Higher State Prosecutor’s Office to drop the misdemeanor prosecution of historian Boban Batrićević, Ph.D., because […]
19/03/2024

REPRESSED FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION – Calling Persons who Commented on the Views of the Obscure President of the Municipality of Nikšić for Questioning Is Jeopardising Freedom of Expression

The Human Rights Action is expressing concern regarding the practice of unnecessarily asking people to come to the police or the state prosecutor’s office in order […]
18/03/2024

23 NGOs wrote to Aleksa Bečić: Democrats to withdraw the proposal to name a street in Podgorica after Pavle Bulatović

On Friday, 15 March 2024, 23 non-governmental organizations sent an appeal to the president of Democratic Montenegro (Democrats), Aleksa Bečić, to influence the councilors of that […]
16/03/2024

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT BLOCKED FOR THE SEVENTH TIME – JUDGES AGAINST EU?!

Human Rights Action is deeply disappointed by the irresponsible behavior of certain judges of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, who blocked the seventh attempt to elect […]
14/03/2024

Election of the President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro – An important Step for Montenegro’s Accession to the EU

The General Session of the Supreme Court will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday 15 March, with the task of electing a candidate for the […]