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07/12/2022

Message from the conference “Dialogue to Face the Past”: All for Peace, All Against War

“The destructive and unreasonable war against Croatia and Dubrovnik had caused great and unprecedented trauma to Montenegrin and Croatian citizens, and a way to overcome that […]
07/12/2022

31 YEARS SINCE THE AGGRESSION OF THE JNA ON THE AREA OF DUBROVNIK AND THE SHELLING OF THE OLD TOWN

Human Rights Action (HRA), Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past remind that 31 years ago, on 6 December […]
28/11/2022

ELECTION OF JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT IS PROOF OF THE LEGITIMACY OF THE STATE

The Human Rights Action calls on people’s deputies to elect judges of the Constitutional Court without delay. Montenegro must ensure the functioning of the body that […]
28/11/2022

The beginning of the trial for extorting testimony from Marko Boljević has been postponed for the third time: Defence is requesting the exclusion of the Basic State Prosecutor in Podgorica  

Although it was supposed to take place today in the Basic Court in Podgorica, the beginning of the trial for the criminal offence of extortion of […]
02/11/2022

The Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils should work better, and their improved work should be visibl

The Judicial Council (JC) and the Prosecutorial Council (PC) should start implementing the regulations without question, and this should be clearly visible, said the Executive Director […]
28/10/2022

LOCAL ELECTIONS AND THE VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO AN EFFECTIVE LEGAL REMEDY FOR THE PROTECTION OF VOTER RIGHTS

The state is violating the human right to an effective legal remedy for the protection of voting rights of all those who have already submitted to […]
21/10/2022

ENABLE THE WORK OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BY ELECTING NEW JUDGES

Human Rights Action appealed to the members of parliament to vote today afternoon on the proposed candidates for judges of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro and […]
14/10/2022

COMMENT ON THE REPORT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: STILL NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE PROCESSING OF WAR CRIMES

According to the European Commission’s report, this was another year in which Montenegro made limited progress in implementing the war crimes prosecution strategy. The report acknowledged […]
13/10/2022

PUBLIC SHOULD BE INFORMED ABOUT THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR DISPLAYING A MEMORIAL PLAQUE IN MORINJ

Considering the ongoing public challenge and the fact that clarifying the issue would contribute to efforts to establish, rather than challenge, a culture of memory, the […]
10/10/2022

THE MEMORIAL PLAQUE AT THE SITE OF THE JNA CAMP IN MORINJ IS IMPORTANT FOR DEALING WITH THE PAST AND RECONCILIATION IN THE REGION

Human Rights Action (HRA) and the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) welcome the installation of the memorial plaque in the site where the Yugoslav People’s Army […]
30/09/2022

PEKOVIĆ DENIED GUILT AT THE FIRST HEARING FOR WAR CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION

The trial of Slobodan Peković, born Ćurčić, accused of war crimes committed against the civilian population, began today in the High Court in Podgorica. Presenting his […]
29/09/2022

31 years have passed since the suicide of Admiral Vladimir Barović – In cooperation with Croatia, Montenegro should preserve his memory through education and memorial events

31 years ago today, the admiral of the Yugoslav People’s Army (YNA) Vladimir Barović took his own life in protest against the 1991 order of the […]