Dealing with the past requires more than knowledge of historical facts. Direct encounters with sites of suffering and remembrance are therefore important, as they enable a better understanding of the wars of the 1990s, the fate of victims and the consequences of crimes that society continues to feel today. This was the conclusion of the… »
When authorities attempt to suppress civic resistance, they reveal not only their attitude towards protests as a form of democratic resistance, but also the interests they protect and the extent to which power is being abused, say Marija Vasić, professor of sociology and activist from Novi Sad, and Ivan Radojičić, sociologist and activist from Montenegro.… »
Non-governmental organisations and civic activists strongly condemn the statements made by MP and President of the Democratic People’s Party (DNP) Milan Knežević and President of the Municipality of Pljevlja and official of New Serb Democracy (NSD), Dario Vraneš, during police questioning on 8 October concerning their earlier public statements about Ratko Mladić, a war criminal… »
Montenegro has a legal and institutional framework for the work of non-governmental organisations that is largely aligned with Council of Europe standards, but its implementation remains deficient. Institutions often conduct consultations without a genuine intention to take civil society arguments into account, bypass public consultations, fail to ensure transparent allocation of funding, and do not… »
More than eleven years, two Codes of Ethics, five complaints and not a single sanction imposed – this is the record of the system of ethical accountability for Members of Parliament in the Parliament of Montenegro. Since the adoption of the first Code of Ethics for MPs in December 2014 until the end of 2025,… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points to serious questions raised by the case of Dr Ivana Radovanović, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts (FLU), whom the Senate of the University of Montenegro (UCG) did not elect to the title of Associate Professor on 4 June 2026, although all three reviewers recommended her election,… »
The Centre for Civic Education (CCE) considers the demands of employees of the State Audit Institution (SAI), who are launching a general strike, to be justified, particularly given that the competent authorities failed to respond adequately even after the warning strike. CCE recalls that the SAI strike committee is demanding the implementation of conclusions adopted… »
Since the restoration of independence, six amnesty laws have been adopted in Montenegro, all six within a period ranging from 45 to 130 days before or after relevant elections. Such temporal proximity does not in itself prove political instrumentalisation, but its recurrence in the case of every amnesty law, within a system that leaves the… »
Human Rights Action (HRA), Antifascists of Cetinje and the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) recall that tomorrow marks 35 years since the death of Krsto Đurović, Rear Admiral of the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA), who died in 1991 under unresolved circumstances in a helicopter crash, during the first days of the YPA attack on the… »
Only through networking, exchanging experiences and acting together can we respond to the pressures faced by the LGBTIQ+ community across the region and help make equality and dignity a reality for all. This was the message from a two-day meeting in Podgorica of civil society organisations from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and… »