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Press release: Overcome the Obstacle in Gathering Information on the Telekom affair
Adoption of the Agenda of the Inquiry Committee at yesterday’s session was delayed, because of, among other things, the need for additional legal interpretation of possibility to call citizens to make a statement. IA believes that the loosely defined provisions of the Law on Parliamentary Inquiry should be interpreted in the spirit of the Law…
Press release: Memorandum on cooperation with the Personal Data Protection Agency signed
Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and the NGO “Institute Alternative” signed on September 7, 2012 a Memorandum on future cooperation. By signing this document, the successful cooperation between the Agency and NGO ”Institute Alternative” continues in order to raise awareness about the importance of the right to protection of personal data. The parties…
Press release: Institutions Must Show Respect for the Parliament
Statements of the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office and Directorate against money laundering and terrorist financing explicitly declares that the Law on Parliamentary Inquiry and the Law on Parliamentary Oversight in the Security and Defense Area are not binding for these authorities. These laws stipulate that public authorities are obliged to provide access to all requested…
Press release: New law on social and child care – a road to real changes?
Driven by the ongoing reform of social and child protection, IA has submitted to the Ministry on Labor and Social Welfare the comments on the Draft of Law on Social and Child protection aimed at improving the quality of protection of beneficiaries of social rights. Certain provisions need to be changed and better defined in…
Press release: A critique of the proposed Law on Social and Child Protection prepared
The Government of Montenegro adopted the Bill of Law on Social and Child Protection on July 26. The large number of remarks submitted by the representatives of the CSOs haven’t been approved. Remarks indicating the necessity of clear division of jurisdictions and responsibilities of local governments in the exercising rights procedure and provision of social…
Jovana Marović on EU accession negotiations for Dan
Journalist’s questions: How the candidate country negotiates with the EU for membership? Is there really something to negotiate about? How many years the negotiation process could take? Answers of IA’s research coordinator and member of the Working Group on Chapter 23, Jovana Marović: Negotiations of the candidate country with the European Union for membership in…