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|contents=The Principality of Montenegro’s 1905 Constitution states in Article 209 that “every Montenegrin citizen has the right, within the limits of the law, to manifest his ideas by speech, writing, the press, and engraving.” After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the 1992 Constitution of the now Republic of Montenegro in Article 34 specifies freedom of expression in terms of national identity, language, culture, affiliation, and opinion. Articles 67, 68, and 69 guarantee the right to express ethnic identity, language, and symbols. Further, Article 47 of the 2007 Constitution grants the “right to freedom of expression by speech, writing, picture or in some other manner. The right to freedom of expression may be limited only by the right of others to dignity, reputation and honor and if it threatens public morality or the security of Montenegro.”
limits of the law, to manifest his ideas by speech, writing, the press, and efigraving."


1905 Montenegro Constitution: English translation from the French text of the original Constitution of 1905 "Part 14: The Constitutional Rights of Montenegrin Citizens," Constitution of 6/19 December 1905. (1905): 426-427: https://heinonline-org.mutex.gmu.edu/HOL/Page?handle=hein.cow/zzmb0013&id=20&collection=cow&index=
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Constitution of the Principality of Montenegro, 1905. H.F. Wright (1919). World Constitutions Illustrated, HeinOnline: https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.cow/zzmb0013&i=1
 
Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro, 1992. World Constitutions Illustrated, HeinOnline:https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.cow/zzmb0008&id=11&collection=cow&index=  
Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro, 2007. Venice Commission (consulted 2017), World Constitutions Illustrated, HeinOnline: https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.cow/zzmb0017&i=1
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Freedom of Expression

What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?

Montenegro

The Principality of Montenegro’s 1905 Constitution states in Article 209 that “every Montenegrin citizen has the right, within the limits of the law, to manifest his ideas by speech, writing, the press, and engraving.” After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the 1992 Constitution of the now Republic of Montenegro in Article 34 specifies freedom of expression in terms of national identity, language, culture, affiliation, and opinion. Articles 67, 68, and 69 guarantee the right to express ethnic identity, language, and symbols. Further, Article 47 of the 2007 Constitution grants the “right to freedom of expression by speech, writing, picture or in some other manner. The right to freedom of expression may be limited only by the right of others to dignity, reputation and honor and if it threatens public morality or the security of Montenegro.”

References:

Constitution of the Principality of Montenegro, 1905. H.F. Wright (1919). World Constitutions Illustrated, HeinOnline: https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.cow/zzmb0013&i=1

Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro, 1992. World Constitutions Illustrated, HeinOnline:https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.cow/zzmb0008&id=11&collection=cow&index=

Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro, 2007. Venice Commission (consulted 2017), World Constitutions Illustrated, HeinOnline: https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.cow/zzmb0017&i=1



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