Montenegro Herceg Novi

33.000 inhabitants, 21 local community, 40 villages Herceg Novi Introduction Flora Festivals History Monuments Climate Mimosa festival HAPS International children carneval Herceg Novi film festival Days of music The books square Cirilic square Guitar art summer fest one of the youngest cities on the Adriatic, founded in 1382 city of fortresses and towers, as well vegetation, sun and artists Invaders: turks, spaniards, austro- hungary, russia, france Mediterranean climate 200 sunny days per annum swimming season over 5 months 89 religious buildings (Monastery Savina, Church of the St. Archangel Mihail and Church of the St. Spasa ( Savior) monumental walls Fortresses (Španjola, Kanli- kula, Sat kula, Forte mare, Citadela, Mamula, Arza) over 250 types of different exotic plants originating from all continents Local attractions Old city Lazaret Park Boka Blue cave Mamula City steps 33.000 inhabitants, 21 local community, 40 villages 45km coast long, Orjen (1,895 m) Mimosa Agava Cycads Magnolia eucalyptus, araucaria 235 km2 area Since 1997, the Bay of Kotor has been a part of the Association of most beautiful bays in the world.

Old city Lazaret Mamula Blue cave City steps

Municipality Herceg Novi LOCAL-SELF GOVERNMENT Mayor Chief administrator Secretariats Services, directorate and institutions Local Parlament President Councillors 34 33.000 citizents Committees

Human rights in focus Freedom of thought, conscience anligion Fair trial Effective remedy Freedom of expression Freedom of Assembly and association Protec.against hate speech and war propaganda Political rights protection against discrimination Freedom of thought, conscience anligion life and physical integrity liberty and security of person Since independence in 2006, Montenegro has adopted all relevant international human rights conventions, and has been a member-state of the Council of Europe since 2007.

The right to life and physical integrity - The Low on the Ombudsman - National preventive Mechanism The Constitution of Montenegro was adopted in 2007 “There shall be no limitations imposed on the rights: life….”

The right to liberty and security of person Cause for concern Slowly prosecuted the cases Prisons over-populated Health standards living conditions Cases of mistreatment in police

The right to a fair trial and to effective remedy The Judiciary remains one of the biggest weak spots since Montenegro regained independence Efficiency of the courts is one of the major features in need of improvements. Over 4000 cases are still pending before the courts and many of them are older then three years. Roadblocks in the system are often caused by cases being moved to lower judicial instances for retrial.

The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is respected and no cases of violations have been reported although tensions are high between the Serbian and Montenegrin Orthodox Church. The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion This conflict also questions separation of the church and state, since the Montenegrin church receives special treatment from the state.

The right to the freedom of expression 16 commercial television stations 38 commercial radio stations 17 local public services (three television and 14 radio stations) Despite a variety of media outlets, standards when it comes to freedom of expression have been undermined by a number of threats and attacks on media outlets, journalists and media property Serious concerns have been raised over older cases brought to the courts regarding these attacks and many have been unresolved and are in danger of being stature barred. A Commission dedicated to investigating these attacks was created in 2013 and but no significant results have come out as a result of the Commissions establishment. There are serious concerns regarding biased media reporting, which tend to support Government policies, while the media is also strictly divided across political lines.

The right to freedom of assembly and association 1 Podgorica held its first pride parade in 2013 incidents of violence 2 November 2014.- second pride parade i n Podgorica No incidents 3 In general freedom of assembly and association is upheld and no bans were reported during 2014.

The rights to protection against hate speech and war propaganda LGBT COMMYNITY F.M.SERBIA-ALBANIA COMUNITY IN MNE SOCIAL MEDIA CH. CASES REPORTED WAR PROPAGANDA

The right to political rights Parliamentary Montenegro republic President Parliament Government ELECTIONS IN MONTENEGRO PRESIDENT - ELECTIONS 5 YEARS GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENT 4 YEARS LOC.ELECTIONS 2014 850 IRREGULARITIES 100 CRIMINAL COMPLAINS SEVERAL INCIDENTS ATTACK ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN PG ATTACK ON A JOURNALIST

The right to protection against discrimination Montenegro Council of Europe member obligations LGBT hate speech threats violence discrimination Roma prejudice and discrimination concerning healthcare housing education

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