Press releases 2013

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,… »

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… »

Centre for Civic Education (CCE), regarding today released comment of the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe Nils Muižnieks on establishing justice and reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia, recalls that ensuring justice for the victims and dealing with the war past has to be a priority in the process of democratization of… »

Centre for Civic Education (CCE) hosted the participants of this year’s American Marshall Memorial Fellowship programme during their stay in Montenegro from 28 June to 3 July 2013. Marshall Memorial Fellowship, established in 1982 by the German Marshall Fund in the US, with the aim to present the emerging generation of European leaders in the… »

Centre for Civic Education (CCE), regarding the Ministry of Education response to our statement “Why are the laws on education being changed quickly and without involvement of the public involvement?” published on 30 June 2013 on the web-site of the CCE https://cgo-cce.org/en/2013/06/30/zasto-se-zakoni-o-obrazovanju-mijenjaju-na-brzinu-i-bez-ukljucenja-javnosti/#.UdRzMxajDfY, as well as in the media, responsibly claims that the Ministry has not… »

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… »

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… »

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… »

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… »

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… »