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10/07/2018

10/7/2018 APPEAL COURT INCREASES DAMAGES AWARD TO JOURNALIST FOLLOWING FAILURE OF MONTENEGRIN AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE ATTACKS AGAINST HIM

On 6 July 2018 the Higher Court in Podgorica handed down a judgment increasing an award of damages made by the Basic Court of Podgorica against […]
02/07/2018

1/7/2018 Gorjanc Prelević: Urgently elect four members of the Judicial Council

(HRA executive director Tea Gorjanc Prelević’s interview by MINA news agency, 1/7/2018) The finally adopted legal solution on the Judicial Council, based on the recommendation of […]
27/06/2018

25/6/2018 AT CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON THE DRAFT LAW ON THE SAME SEX LIFE PARTNERSHIP

Human Rights Action (HRA) supports the adoption of the Law on Same Sex Life Partnership in Montenegro and at the same time laments that Montenegro will […]
15/06/2018

14/6/2018 JUDICIAL ETHICS COMMISSION CONTINUES TO APPEAR BIASED

The Commission on the Code of Judicial Ethics of Montenegro continues to give impression of bias because of insufficient reasoning of its decisions and lack of […]
07/06/2018

6/6/2018 PROTESTING FOR INDEPENDENCE OF RADIO AND TELEVISION AND APPLICATION TO THE STRASBOURG COURT

Human Rights Action (HRA) supports the call of Media Center to join in protest in front of the public broadcaster Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) on […]
29/05/2018

29/5/2018 COMMEMORATIONS OF TWO SAD ANNIVERSARIES

On Friday, 25th May, and Sunday, 27th May, HRA commemorated two sad anniversaries: 26 years since the unpunished war crime of deportation of refugees in 1992, and the 14th […]
23/05/2018

22/5/2018 THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEPORTATION OF REFUGEES IN MONTENEGRO

The European Court of Human Rights communicated to Montenegro an application filed by a group of mothers, wives and daughters of Muslim refugees who were unlawfully […]
09/05/2018

9/5/2018 WHY WAS JOURNALIST OLIVERA LAKIĆ SHOT AT IN MONTENEGRO?

Olivera Lakic, Vijesti journalist, has been shot at last night at the very same place she was beaten up in March 2012, in front of her […]
03/05/2018

2/3/2018 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY IN MONTENEGRO

On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Human Rights Action (HRA) recalls the importance of media freedom for providing objective information necessary for the […]
08/03/2018

8/3/2018 INAPPROPRIATE PROTEST OF STATE OFFICERS SUPPORTING ACCUSED FOR TORTURE

HRA finds the protest of support for the accused for torture by their colleagues, members of the Trade Union of the Institute for the Execution of […]
07/03/2018

7/3/2018 ALARMING: NINE CASES OF POLICE ILL-TREAMENT BY STATE OFFICERS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR

Upon the latest case of police ill-treatment of Nemanja Roncevic, reported by the media today, Human Rights Action warns that this is already the 9th case of […]
06/03/2018

6/2/2018 WILL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROVIDE EFFECTIVE REMEDY?

The Constitutional Court of Montenegro should use the opportunity to present constitutional appeal as an effective remedy against the decisions of the Parliament on the dismissal […]