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07/09/2023

THERE ARE 36 VACANCIES IN THE COURTS, YET 11 NEW JUDGES ARE BEING KEPT ON HOLD: JUDICIAL COUNCIL STILL WITHOUT ANSWER

Despite HRA’s appeals from July and the fact that there are as many as 36 vacant judge positions in the basic courts in Montenegro, for almost […]
07/09/2023

MARKO BOLJEVIĆ’S TORTURE TRIAL CONTINUES: WILL THE FINDINGS OF FOREIGN EXPERTS ALSO BE USED AS EVIDENCE?

The trial of five police inspectors, who were accused of extorting testimony from Marko Boljević on 25 May 2020 by using severe violence in the investigation […]
30/08/2023

For the first time with the President of Montenegro about the deportation of refugees

During today’s meeting with the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, representatives of non-governmental organizations – Human Rights Action (HRA) Tea Gorjanc Prelević, Centre for Civic Education (CCE) Daliborka Uljarević and Tamara […]
25/07/2023

THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL IS IGNORING 35 VACANT JUDGES’ POSITIONS IN THE BASIC COURTS

Although the Montenegrin basic courts have no less than 35 vacant judges’ positions, which inevitably reflects on the promptness of their work, 100 days have passed […]
20/07/2023

NEW VERDICT AWARDING COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES DUE TO INEFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE POLICE TORTURE REPORT FROM OCTOBER 2015

Judge of the Basic Court in Podgorica, Nina Ojdanić, confirmed that the state’s ineffective investigation of police ill-treatment that had taken place in Podgorica on 9 […]
12/07/2023

PRESENTATION OF THE HRA REPORT ON THE EXCLUSION OF ILLEGALLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: The practice of the Court in Strasbourg should not be used to justify violation of domestic procedural rules

The domestic law prevails because it regulates the details of the exclusion of unlawfully obtained evidence in criminal proceedings, while the European Court of Human Rights […]
11/07/2023

28 years since the genocide in Srebrenica – Montenegro to establish memorial day

Human Rights Action (HRA), Centre for Civic Education (CCE), and ANIMA – Center for Women’s and Peace Education, on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of […]
09/07/2023

CoE report urges Montenegro to investigate cases of police brutality

It has been proven and acknowledged by many that tortures are not only a violation of human rights and dignity but also undermine the very foundations […]
07/07/2023

TRIAL FOR POLICE TORTURE: CHIEF OF CRIMINAL POLICE DID MANAGE THE POLICE OPERATION, BUT CANNOT REMEMBER WHO IT WAS THAT CARRIED IT OUT

The trial of five police inspectors accused of extorting testimony from Marko Boljević in the investigation of the “bombing attacks” on 25 May 2020 using severe […]
05/07/2023

31 YEARS LATER, THERE IS NO JUSTICE FOR THE KLAPUH FAMILY

Tomorrow marks the 31st anniversary of the war crime that members of the army of the Republic of Srpska committed on the territory of Montenegro against […]
04/07/2023

FIRST VERDICT FOR THE ILL-TREATMENT OF A PARTICIPANT IN THE 2020 PROTESTS

On 30 June, the Basic Court in Bijelo Polje issued a verdict establishing the responsibility of police officers for the ill-treatment of Ognjen Mijatović at the […]
27/06/2023

THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT PROVIDING THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE WITH COMPLETE INFORMATION

In support of all the victims of torture in Montenegro, the Human Rights Action has informed the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Other […]