2022 Archives

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 […]

26/09/2022

CRIMINAL REPORT REGARDING THE TORTURE OF JOVAN GRUJIČIĆ WAS REJECTED ONCE AGAIN – HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PROPOSES THAT THE SUPREME STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TAKE OVER THE CASE

The organisation Human Rights Action (HRA) hereby protests the decision of the Basic State Prosecutor in Podgorica, Maja Knežević, to reject, for the second time, the […]

23/09/2022

PROTEST AGAINST FAILURE TO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL, THE LAW ON THE ASSEMBLY SHOULD ENSURE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PEOPLE’S DEPUTIES

We hereby express our great disappointment over the fact that the Assembly of Montenegro failed to elect any of the four new members of the Judicial […]

19/09/2022

URGENTLY ELECT JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT – THE BLOCKADE PREVENTS THE PROTECTION OF ELECTORAL RIGHTS AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS

The Human Rights Action calls on the Constitutional Committee to urgently conduct interviews and propose to the Parliament candidates for judges of the Constitutional Court, who […]

18/09/2022

REACTION OF THE ORGANISATION HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF JUDGES: COMMENTING ON FIRST-INSTANCE JUDGMENTS AND OTHER DECISIONS OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES IS A HUMAN RIGHT, NOT AN “EXTREMELY NEGATIVE PRACTICE”

The organisation Human Rights Action (HRA) hereby expresses a protest against the position of the Association of Judges of Montenegro which “considers commenting on court decisions […]

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 […]