Centre for Civic Education (CCE) considers that the adoption of amendments to the set of laws on education at the Government session, without public discussion on a large number of them, and with the changes that have not been previously published on the website of the Ministry of Education, are unacceptable and unprofessional.In addition, this… »
June 2013
Books delivered within the action “Donate a book to the women section of the Institute for execution of criminal sanctions (IECS)”
Representatives of the Human Rights Action (HRA), the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), the Centre for Anti-discrimination EQUISTA, the Women’s Safe House (WSH), the Centre for Women’s Rights and the NGO 4 Life delivered today over 600 titles to the IECS within the action “Donate a book to the women section of the Institute for… »
Torture in Montenegro is still not being processed in accordance with the international standards and obligations
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) reminds that today, all over the world, the International Day for Support of Victims of Torture is being commemorated. This day was established under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Punishment or Treatment adopted by the United Nations and signed by the country of Montenegro. On… »
Members of the Council for protection from discrimination temporarily frozen their membership
Yesterday, members of the Council for Protection against Discrimination from the non-governmental organizations Milan Šaranović, Biljana Alković, Daliborka Uljarević and Zdravko Cimbaljević froze their membership in that institution until the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, arranges a meeting with representatives of persons with disabilities organizations, who have been requesting the same for some time… »
Letter to His Excellency Secretary General of the United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon Your Excellency, We are writing to you regarding recent developments that have significantly contributed to the erosion of the credibility of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The latest in a series of such developments was a letter by Frederik Harhoff, a Danish judge serving at… »
Amendments to the Law on prohibition of discrimination are step forward
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) finds that the amendments to the Anti-Discrimination Law, after three years of the implementation of this Law, come at the right time and with so solid text represent an attempt to substantially comply with the recommendations of the European Commission. Namely, by the proposed amendments the most important institute of… »
The parliament of Montenegro to be an example of transparency to other government institutions
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) welcomes the decision of the Parliament of Montenegro to publish the public procurement contracts on the redesigned website. The data, which until now have not been available, are of great importance to the transparency of budget spending, which in the period of deep socio-economic crisis affects also their planning. In… »