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23/12/2019

ADMINISTRATIVE COURT REFUSED TO ANNUL THE ELECTION OF JUDGES FROM JUNE 2018

The Administrative Court of Montenegro dismissed the lawsuit filed by Ivan Vukićević, an adviser at the Basic Court in Podgorica, challenging the legality of the Judicial […]
16/12/2019

MONTENEGRIN GOVERNMENT SHOULD SEEK OPINION OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ON THE PUNISHMENT FOR NOT HONORING NATIONAL ANTHEM

The Government of Montenegro has proposed again the introduction of punishment for not honoring the national anthem in the Law on Public Order and Peace. The […]
11/12/2019

STATE PROSECUTORS OFFICE DARES NOT ACT AGAINST JUDICIAL COUNCIL – THE ONLY POSSIBLE CONCLUSION FOLLOWING UNREASONED DISMISSAL BY THE SPECIAL AND SUPREME STATE PROSECUTORS OF THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED BY NGOS

Non-governmental organizations Human Rights Action (HRA), Network for the Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) and Institute Alternative (IA) submitted a criminal charge on 13 September 2019 […]
09/12/2019

ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: DEFICIENCY OF EFFECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN MONTENEGRO

Human Rights Action (HRA) this year particularly highlights the fact that in crucial cases Montenegro has shown no effective legal remedies for the protection of human […]
04/12/2019

HRA CONDEMNS THE ATTACK ON JOURNALIST OTAŠEVIĆ AND URGES INVESTIGATION OF ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

Human Rights Action (HRA) strongly condemns the attack on journalist of daily Dan, Vladimir Otašević, which, according to the complaint filed by the journalist, took place […]
18/11/2019

A Proposal for an Electronic Petition entitled “Initiative for Adoption of a Law on Rehabilitation and Compensation of Victims of Political Persecution – Prisoners of Goli otok, Saint Grgur and other prisons” submitted

Human Rights Action (HRA) and the Association “Goli Otok” have submitted to the Government of Montenegro i.e. Ministry of Justice, a proposal to launch an electronic […]
05/11/2019

BASIC COURT IN PODGORICA REJECTS JURISDICTION IN THE CASE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST GORAN DJUROVIC AGAINST MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT

Judge of the Basic Court in Podgorica, Radovan Vlaović, dismissed Goran Djurovic’s lawsuit against the Montenegrin Parliament for lack of jurisdiction in the second trial. Judge […]
04/11/2019

Government to Urgently Form a Working Group to Draft Law on Rehabilitation and Compensation of Victims of Political Persecution

On 13 September 2019, Human Rights Action (HRA) submitted to the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Mr. Duško Marković, an initiative for the adoption of a Law […]
28/10/2019

Special State Prosecutor Rutović rejects criminal charge against Judicial Council

The Special State Prosecutor, Mr. Veljko Rutović, rejected the criminal charge submitted by the three non-governmental organisations the Human Rights Action (HRA), Network for the Affirmation […]
25/09/2019

Activist’s Goran Djurovic’s new trial against the Parliament of Montenegro

Tomorrow, on 26 September 2019 at 8:45 a.m., before the Basic Court in Podgorica (Judge Radovan Vlaović), a new first-instance proceeding will begin in the lawsuit […]
16/09/2019

HIGH COURT IN PODGORICA ABOLISHES JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF GORAN DJUROVIĆ WITH REFERENCE TO DISPUTED GENERAL POSITION OF SUPREME COURT

The High Court in Podgorica abolished the first instance judgment by which the Basic Court in Podgorica upheld the lawsuit of Goran Djurovic, a dismissed civil […]
13/09/2019

CRIMINAL CHARGE AGAINST THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL

Three non-governmental organisations the Human Rights Action (HRA), Network for the Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) and Institute Alternative (IA) submitted a criminal charge against […]