In focus

10/07/2024

THE MESSAGE OF 76 MONTENEGRIN NGOs ON THE OCCASION OF THE 29th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA: THE STATE SHOULD RESPECT THE VICTIMS AND ACTIVELY PREVENT THE REPEAT OF GENOCIDE

On the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, 76 NGOs which advocated that Montenegro co-sponsor the UN resolution on the International Srebrenica […]
01/07/2024

CALLING ON SERBIAN AUTHORITIES TO PROTECT THE ORGANISERS OF “MIRËDITA, DOBAR DAN!” FESTIVAL AND ENSURE THAT IT TAKES PLACE

Civil society organizations from the region strongly support their colleagues from the Youth Initiative for Human Rights and Civic Initiatives from Serbia, as well as Integra […]
19/06/2024

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF THE PLAY “DEATH IN DUBROVNIK”

The press conference was held on June 18 at the military hangar in Zagorič in Podgorica on the occasion of the premiere of the theatric play […]
06/05/2024

Over 100 NGOs and 340 citizens of Montenegro DO NOT GIVE UP on the request that the Government co-sponsor the UN resolution on Srebrenica!

Over 100 NGOs and 340 citizens of Montenegro DO NOT GIVE UP on the request that the Government sponsor the UN resolution on Srebrenica! 📢 You […]
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 […]
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 […]
23/06/2023

NO PROGRESS IN MONTENEGRO IN THE LAST 20 YEARS – ‘HRA’ ON THE REPORT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE

As the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) concluded in the report on the last year’s visit of their delegation to Montenegro, which was […]
30/03/2023

OMBUDSMAN TO REACT: MINISTER VIOLATES THE LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARD BY REFUSING TO SUSPEND POLICE INSPECTORS ACCUSED OF TORTURE

Yesterday, the Human Rights Action (HRA) submitted a letter to the Ombudsman, Siniša Bjeković, in which it asked him to warn the Minister of the Interior, […]
30/01/2023

Proactive Prosecution of War Crimes is an Obligation of the State and a Moral Debt to the Victims

Although this was envisaged in the 2015 War Crimes Investigation Strategy, Montenegro is still not prosecuting war crimes on its own initiative (proactively), said the Executive […]
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 […]
06/07/2022

Harmonize the Agreement between Montenegro and the Serbian Orthodox Church with positive law and the civil character of the state

Human Rights Action (HRA) yesterday sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. Dritan Abazović, the Minister of Justice, Mr. Marko Kovač, and the Minister of […]
24/11/2021

URGENTLY ELECT A NEW PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL

Podgorica, CG News Agency – The Prosecutorial Council must be elected urgently and start working in the interest of establishing the rule of law and necessary […]