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16/09/2022

POLITICIANS SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR HATE SPEECH

At the seminar entitled “Hate Speech and Freedom of Expression – International Standards and Practice” and organised by the organisation Human Rights Action (HRA), it was […]
07/09/2022

WAR CRIME TRIAL POSTPONED FOR THE SECOND TIME

The beginning of the trial of Slobodan Peković, born Ćurčić, accused of committing a war crime against civilians in Foča, has been postponed for the second […]
06/09/2022

HRA ON REFORMING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE AND CRIMINAL CODE OF MONTENEGRO

HRA appealed to the Minister of Justice, Marko Kovač, on 29 July, to extend public debates on systemic laws, very important for human rights, the Criminal […]
02/09/2022

STATE BODIES TO URGENTLY AND RESOLUTLY INVESTIGATE AND PUNISH DEATH THREATS FOR EXPRESSING OPINION

Human Rights Action yesterday appealed to acting Supreme State Prosecutor Maja Jovanović, Minister of Internal Affairs Filip Adžić and Director of the Police Administration Zoran Brđanin, […]
05/08/2022

LAWSUITS AGAINST A SMEAR CAMPAIGN

The executive director of Human Rights Action (HRA), Tea Gorjanc Prelević, was the target of a coordinated and primitive smearing campaign by the tabloid Informer in […]
03/08/2022

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION’S COMMENT ON THE REFUSAL OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S CABINET TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC AGREEMENT

The Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Montenegro (hereinafter referred to as: “the Cabinet”) has publicly announced that all the remarks submitted regarding the draft version […]
26/07/2022

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION DELIVERED PROPOSALS FOR AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC AGREEMENT OF MONTENEGRO WITH THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH TO THE PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRO AND PRIME MINISTER 

In order to contribute to the conclusion of the Agreement between Montenegro and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), which would be harmonized with the legal order […]
23/07/2022

Reaction to the repeated public misogyny of attorney Velibor Marković

The Coalition for the Rights of LGBTIQ+ Persons ‘EQUALLY – RAVNOPRAVNO’ calls on Prime Minister Dritan Abazović to immediately exclude attorney Velibor Marković from the Commission […]
22/07/2022

Reaction of the Coalition for the rights of LGBTIQ+ PERSONS – EQUALLY: Velibor Marković can not be in the Commission

Today, several non-governmental organizations have addressed the President of the state and President of the Government regarding the proposal that Velibor Marković, known for his homophobic […]
22/07/2022

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN AN EXPERT TEAM WHOSE MEMBER PROMOTES HOMOPHOBIA AND SEXISM

The executive director of the Human Rights Action (HRA), Tea Gorjanc Prelevic, refused the invitation to participate in the work of the expert team, which would […]
19/07/2022

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON THE DRAFT LAW ON AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THE LAW ON THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND JUDGES

The Draft Law on the Judicial Council and judges represents a step forward in fulfilling the recommendations given over the years by international bodies with the […]
11/07/2022

27 YEARS SINCE THE SREBRENICA GENOCIDE

”You survived, but you realised the extent to which you had died…” It was these words that physician Ilijaz Pilav used to explain the feelings of people […]