The Center for Democracy and Human Rights, with the support of the Embassy of Italy in Montenegro, organized a panel discussion entitled EU INTEGRATION – Back on track?. The panel is part of the project Vox populi – It concerns…
Center for Democratic Transition (CDT), Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM), Montenegrin Lawyers’ Association (UPCG) and Centre for Civic Education (CCE) strongly condemn Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, which is being carried out with the brutal violation of international…
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…
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…
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) held a two-day training for police officers, communal police officers, and communal inspection officers as part of the “Promoting Complete Equality in Society” project, supported by the Ministry of Education, Human and…
The Academy was developed within the project “Practical Academy for Social Integration” implemented by CEDEM with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. The main goal of the Practical Academy is to encourage the development of…
Podgorica, March 25 – Out of 539 submitted applications for international protection, a total of 8 foreigners achieved asylum status in 2020, while 115 people were accommodated in the Reception Center in Spuž and the its department in Božaj. This…