October 2023

27/10/2023

THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF MONTENEGRO UNJUSTIFIEDLY ABOLISHED THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO MORE FAVOURABLE REQUIREMENTS FOR RETIREMENT

The Human Rights Action and the Centre for Women’s Rights are protesting the decision of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro to abolish the right of women […]

23/10/2023

HRA APPEAL: URGENTLY RECUSE PROSECUTOR MAJA KNEŽEVIĆ, WHOSE DECISION DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES OF POLICE TORTURE HAS BEEN REVERSED FOUR TIMES

For the fourth time, the High State Prosecutor’s Office approved the complaint of Jovan Grujičić and reversed the decision of state prosecutor Maja Knežević to dismiss […]

17/10/2023

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Montenegro is not even close to fulfilling the 2014 recommendations of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights aimed at combating poverty

Montenegro has been three years late in submitting its report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, so to date there is no […]

12/10/2023

THERE IS A NEED TO URGENTLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF JUDGES

The Human Rights Action (HRA) appealed to the Judicial Council today to urgently take additional measures to solve the problem of still-vacant judicial positions. We believe […]

11/10/2023

THE MARKO BOLJEVIĆ TORTURE TRIAL CONTINUES: WAS THE BLACK ‘OPEL ASTRA’ VEHICLE, USED BY THE DEFENDANTS, ASSIGNED TO MILOŠ VUČINIĆ?

The trial of five police inspectors – Danilo Grbović, Dalibor Ljekočević, Bojan Vujačić, Ivan Peruničić and Nemanja Vujošević, accused of extorting a statement from Marko Boljević […]