Despite its numbers, Roma and Egyptian community (RE community) is the only minority community in Montenegro whose members do not participate in the workings of the national and local parliaments, and a community that is exposed to multidimensional, gender, and…
The project “Political and Civic Participation of Young People” was created based one of the six key priorities defined in the current Strategy for Young People – Young active citizens involved in, motivated for, proactive, and participating in the decision-making…
The project aims to promote and support the wider application of alternative sanctions and restorative justice measures in Montenegro, by encouraging and empowering civil society organizations to participate more actively in improving the protection of human rights in the criminal…
Over half of Montenegro’s population are women, all while their participation in political and public life is almost negligible. The regressive trend of participation of women and persons of different gender and gender identities, as well as marginalized persons in…
The progress made in the field of protection of minority peoples and other minority national communities in the normative sense has been recognized through a number of national and international reports, as well as through CEDEM conducted research. Despite the…
Montenegro faces social and political challenges and, for the first time, requires democratic roadmaps. In order to contribute in the strengthening of the accountability, transparency, and consolidation of democratic institutions, CEDEM has developed a project “Vox populi – Implementation of…
In recent years, Montenegro has faced a visible trend of an increasing presence of hate speech. During 2020, freedom of expression was threatened by the authorities in connection with the COVID-19 crisis and election campaigns. Namely, a number of steps…
The Center for Democracy and Human Rights – CEDEM is implementing the project “Civic Education for a Better Generation”, with the support of the Council of Europe and the European Union within the joint program “Horizontal Instrument for the Western…
The project “Improving the practices of local media for reporting on human and minority rights” aims to contribute to the further process of European integration of Montenegro by increasing the quality, credibility and integrity of journalism in the field of…