On Wednesday 24 July 2013, in Budva, a SeaSide Pride was held, the first pride parade in Montenegro, organized by the NGO LGBT Forum Progress. Although announced on short notice, in the middle of the tourist season and in a city that is considered to be the capital of Montenegrin tourism, recently been present in… »
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Pride parade was held in Budva, but there is still plenty to be done to affirm equal rights for all citizens
STEP Coalition, composed of eight NGOs from Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, strongly condemns the reckless acts of physical violence by the groups of citizens gathered in order to sabotage the first Montenegrin Pride Parade “Seaside Pride” held on 24 July 2013 in Budva, which were followed by hate speech towards the participants and organizers of… »
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression and assembly
STEP Coalition, gathering eight NGOs from Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro, strongly condemns hate speech and call for lynch of the organizers of the first Montenegrin Pride Parade “Seaside Pride” which is scheduled for 24 July 2013 in Budva. Despite the fact of extremely high level of homophobia in the Montenegrin society indicated by numerous public… »
New legal documents should contribute to the improvement of human rights practice
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) expresses its concern that the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms instead of better standards, according to the European legislation and the recommendations of the European Commission, offers backward solutions to the current legal framework in this area, even compared to… »
Address to the heads of the parliamentary clubs concerning the set of laws on education that are in the parliamentary procedure
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) yesterday addressed each of the heads of the parliamentary clubs in the Parliament of Montenegro, except the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), appealing for their special attention to the set of laws from the field of education, as well as to dismissal of the Proposal of the Law on High… »
“Erased” are finally getting their rights back
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) recalls that the 24 July 2013 is the deadline for all the “erased” inhabitants of Slovenia, those citizens who were deprived of the right of permanent residence in 1992, to apply for restoration of rights and CCE joins the action of civil society organizations from Slovenia to invite all the… »
“Corruption at the local level – zero tolerance ” – consultative trainings in 14 municipalities
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), in cooperation with partners, and with support of the EU Delegation to Montenegro, within the project “Corruption at the local level – zero tolerance”, conducted six consultative trainings in municipalities of Tivat, Kotor, Bar, Herceg Novi, Budva and Pljevlja, and by the end of this month it is planned additional… »
Good decision of the Legislative Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) welcomes the decision of the Legislative Committee of the Parliament which refused the Governments’ Proposal of the Law on Higher Education because of the numerous omissions that the CCE, with the other interested parties, pointed out during and after public debate on that text. The fact that Proposal of the… »
It is necessary to determine minimum of standards
With the support of the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) LGBT Forum Progress organized the first national dialogue session entitled “The principle of equality and LGBT rights: registered partnership.” At the dialogue session, which was moderated by Aleksandar Saša Zeković, human rights expert, spoke: Marijana Laković, Deputy Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro,… »
Before the end of the game, new rules
The Centre for Civic Education (CCE) has been addressed by significant number of students from the University of Montenegro (UoM) who are outraged by the decision of the Senate of UoM which establishes that the enrollment to specialist studies is allowed with the possibility of transferring only one exam from the basic studies, assessing that… »