TFL Vsebine / Revija Javna uprava

Članek obravnava pravno rešitev problema dolgotrajnega zavračanja dostopa do črnogorskega državljanstva za begunce iz albanske regije Vraka, ki so leta 1991 v Črno goro prišli na podlagi meddržavnega sporazuma med Socialistično federativno republiko Jugoslavijo in Ljudsko socialistično republiko Albanijo. Ta problem je posledica napačne uporabe mednarodnih standardov o statusu beguncev s strani črnogorskih upravnih organov konec devetdesetih let 20. stoletja. Zato so imele te osebe v obdobju dvajset let več različnih pravnih statusov, med njimi pa je bila tudi apatridnost. Črna gora je na poti v članstvo v Evropsko unijo z dopolnitvijo zakonodaje omogočila dostop do črnogorskega državljanstva osebam, ki so pred prihodom v Črno goro živele v Albaniji kot avtohtona črnogorska manjšina

The article focuses on the legal solution for the issue of long-lasting denial of the access to Montenegrin citizenship for the refugees from Albania, Vraka region, who came to Montenegro in 1991, on the basis of an interstate agreement between Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and People’s Socialist Republic of Albania. The issue had been caused actually by an error in application of international standards on determination of the status of refugees, done by public administration bodies of Montenegro in late 1990s. Consequently, within the period of twenty years, there have been several types of legal statuses of those persons, among which the statelessness. In order to apply international standards on its way towards the EU membership, Montenegro amended its legislation providing the access to Montenegrin citizenship for the persons who, before arriving to Montenegro, used to live in Albania as an autochthonous Montenegrin minority.

Challenges on the Protection of Refugees’ and IDP’s Rights on the Way of Montenegro towards the EU Membership: Case of Displaced Persons from Albania to Montenegro