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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 […]
13/03/2024

PROTEST OVER THE INCESSANT PARTY STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE POLICE AND THE UNLAWFUL APPOINTMENT OF THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION

The Human Rights Action is protesting the parties’ struggle over control of the Police Administration and the violation of the Law on Internal Affairs (LIA) in […]
07/03/2024

Protest of 15 NGOs: Proposed amendments to the Criminal Code once again do not strengthen human rights protection in Montenegro

We protest because the recently published Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Montenegro again does not contain changes important for the protection of […]
28/02/2024

Children’s Right to Human Rights Education in Montenegro: The Subject of Civic Education Should Once Again be Made Compulsory

“Since 2017, civic education has not been a mandatory, but rather an optional subject in schools, as if life in a civil society is a matter […]
20/02/2024

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks in Montenegro

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) held high-level talks in Montenegro […]