Press releases 2015

23 years of unpunished war crime of deportation of refugees

These days we are commemorating 23 years since the war crime was committed in Montenegro against Bosnian-Herzegovian Muslim refugees, better known as the “Deportation of refugees”. NGOs Human Rights Action, Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and Anima organised will on Monday, 25 May 2015, in noon, in front of the Security Centre in Herceg Novi,… »

New portal RECOM.link launched

Centre for Civic Education (CCE), as the reference organisation of the Coalition for RECOM for Montenegro, is presenting the new portal of the Coalition for RECOM – www.recom.link. In addition to its main task of ensuring the greatest possible visibility for the RECOM Process, the portal provides an update of the the achievements and obstacles… »

It’s ok to be different!

Centre for Civic Education (CCE), on the ocassion of 17 May – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, points out that the everyday life of LGBT persons is still marked with threats, hate speech, discrimination and violence in spite the improvements made for the purpose of protection and respect of rights of LGBT persons in… »

Introduce order in electronic media market

Goran Đurović, member of the Working group for the creation of Proposal of Law on the amendments of Law on electronic media, in cooperation with NGOs Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Centre for the Development of Non-governmental Organisations (CDNGO), Centre for monitoring and research (CEMI), Institute Alternative (IA) and Juventas, submitted proposals of amendments to… »

Response to the position of the Minister of Interior Affairs that possession of Montenegrin citizenship and residence is a legitimate requirement for membership of NGO representatives in working bodies of the Government

NGOs Human Rights Action (HRA), Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI), Women’s Rights Center and Juventas on 28 April 2015 submitted to the Deputy Prime Minister for political system, foreign and interior policy Mr. Duško Marković the initiative for amending the Decree on the manner of and procedure for establishing… »

International conference held on «Role and importance of media in the EU integration process – experiences and lessons learned from the region »

Centre for Civic Education (CCE), within the framework of the project “EU news – be informed!”, organised an international conference in cooperation with Daily Press Vijesti on: “Role and importance of media in the EU integration process – experiences and lessons learned from the region”. The project is supported through the Communication budget of EU… »

State should create conditions for the free work of media, and media should improve professional standards

On the ocassion of 3 May – World Press Freedom Day, Centre for Civic Education (CCE) emphasised that Montenegrin media face numerous obstacles and threats that affect their work significantly and adversely. Freedom of media plays an important role in securing the sustainability of democracy, contributes to development of accountability and good governance. Limitations to… »

Membership of NGO representatives in Government working bodies should not be conditioned by Montenegrin citizenship

NGOs Human Rights Action (HRA), Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI), Women’s Rights Center and Juventas submitted initiative to the Deputy Prime Minister for political system, foreign and interior policy Mr. Dusko Markovic for amending the Decree on the manner of and procedure for establishing cooperation between state administration bodies… »