[2] Mićunović was then sentenced to 20 months of forced labour at Goli Otok island by the Yugoslav authorities for ideological inclinations towards the Soviet Union.

[3] Mićunović resigned and with a group of prominent intellectuals, founded the Center for Democracy Fund, a non-governmental organization for the development of civil society and the non-governmental sector, civil education and preparation of political and social reforms.

After the victory of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia in October 2000, he was elected President of the Chamber of Citizens of the Federal Assembly on November 3, 2000.

[2] For his contribution to the admission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the Council of Europe he was presented an award by the European Movement in Serbia.

In 2001 he was awarded by the Slovakian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for "active contribution to the work of the Community for democratic change in Yugoslavia which assembled representatives of different political parties, civil society and international organizations".

In 2017, Dragoljub Mićunović signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.