Non-governmental organizations including Arnika participate at the 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention and 3rd MOP of the PRTR Protocol, which takes place in Budva, Montenegro from 11th to 15th September. Except our participation in plenary session, we have organized side events on defending the defendenders of environment, shadow implementation reports and Pollution Release and Transfer Registers. At the conference opening, we welcomed the delages by the performance reminding persecution of environmental activists.
PHOTOS: Majda Slamová / Arnika
![MAJ_4103.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4103.1300x1300.jpg "Our "security" was convincing the participants, that speaking about persecution "may not be safe"")
![MAJ_4139.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4139.1300x1300.jpg "And just afterwards, we made the participants to "feel a bit persecuted" too")
![MAJ_4161.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4161.1300x1300.jpg ""You shall not speak about it, you rather don´t read it at all, it´s very secret information!"")
![MAJ_4198.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4198.1300x1300.jpg "Our "security guys" at the Meeting of the Parties")
![MAJ_4203.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4203.1300x1300.jpg ""Don´t take pictures, don´t speak about persecution of acitivists!"")
![MAJ_4312.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4312.1300x1300.jpg "Kate Waters from Crude Accountability (US) introduces a report on activists harassment and persecution on the side-event "Defending the defenders", co-organized by Arnika")
![MAJ_4331.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4331.1300x1300.jpg "The side event "Defending the Defenders" filled the Zeta room in Hotel Montenegro")
![MAJ_4341.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4341.1300x1300.jpg "The side event "Defending the Defenders" filled the Zeta room in Hotel Montenegro")
![MAJ_4344.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4344.1300x1300.jpg "Tatyana Novikova (Belarus) and Viktor Bjelic (CZZS, Bosnia and Herzegovina) on "Defending the Defenders" side event")
![MAJ_4352.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4352.1300x1300.jpg "Participants of the "Defending the Defenders" seminar")
![MAJ_4554.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4554.1300x1300.jpg "Participants of the side event "Official and shadow reports: Monitoring progress of implementation"")
![MAJ_4585.jpg](/images/.thumbnails/media/k2/galleries/20605/MAJ_4585.1300x1300.jpg "Participants of the side event "Official and shadow reports: Monitoring progress of implementation"")
