Centre for Civic Education (CCE) published the data on incomes of the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare in its research, “How much executives in public administration bodies earned in 2012?” based on the information which, on the request for free access for information, received from the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare directly. Therefore,… »
Press releases 2013
Does Montenegrin judiciary have the capacity to ensure justice for victims of war crimes?
In the eve of public announcement of the sentence in the case of “Morinj”, scheduled for 31 July before the Higher Court in Podgorica, the Centre for Civic education (CCE) reminds that the victims of this and other war crimes committed at the territory of Montenegro are still waiting for justice, though it’s been more… »
“Corruption at the local level – zero tolerance” – 247 participants at the consultative trainings
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), in cooperation with partners, and with the support of the EU Delegation to Montenegro, within the project “Corruption at the local level – zero tolerance”, has conducted 14 consultative trainings in the period of 3-25 July, in the municipalities of: Tivat, Kotor, Bar, Herceg Novi, Budva, Pljevlja, Plužine, Rožaje, Mojkovac,… »
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… »