The Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Montenegro HE Karel Urban and the program director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Ms. Aleksandra Vukčević, discussed together the “Vaclav Havel” award that the YIHR won this year. The gathering was also attended by representatives of the media from Montenegro, alumni Read more…
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), a member of the Civic Alliance, organized a #FootballPeople match on October 17, in order to overcome discrimination and prejudice against minority communities, as well as to promote social inclusion through football. Participants: Boris Raonic, Boris Ristovic, Aleksandar Damjanovic, Darko Ivanovic, Dritan Abazovic, Read more…
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights has prepared a “Guide to the Application of Minority Languages”, which is part of the project “Languages of Minority Peoples in Public Administration – Between Law and Practice”, supported by the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights. The guide is intended for employees in Read more…
The regional network of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights is the winner of the prestigious Vaclav Havel Prize for Human Rights, which has been awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2009. The Youth Initiative for Human Rights was awarded today at a ceremony in Read more…
The Program Director, Aleksandra Vukčević, participated in the conference “Shaping young people future in the SEE”, organized by the Southeast Europe Association (Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft – SOG), held in Cologne from 5 to 7 September. During the panel discussion, together with other participants, they discussed the position and perspective of young people Read more…
A group of young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro visited Bukovica last weekend, accompanied by Jakub Durgut. He told them more about the area during the 1990s, about crimes against the Muslim population, such as murder, burning of houses and religious buildings, physical abuse and looting of property.
Students of the Secondary School of Economics and Catering and Gymnasium “Stojan Cerovic” from Niksic, who won the first three places in the “Human right quest” and their professors had the opportunity to visit several institutions and organizations in Podgorica. The visit was organized on the occasion of marking the Read more…
Students and professors from the Secondary School of Economics and Catering and the Gymnasium “Stojan Cerović” from Nikšić were the fastest. The activity “Human rights quest” was organized as part of the International Youth Day and is part of a project implemented by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) Read more…
Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) and Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) presented on December 28 press conference the results of the research about funding of NGOs from the public sources, as well as recommendations for improving the cooperation between NGOs and the State.
December 9
Proclamation of the Resolution on the state of human rights in Montenegro by YIHR and Human Rights Action (HRA), on the occasion of 60th anniversary of proclamation of Human Rights Day.