Montenegro

Montenegro has reported information on hate crimes to ODIHR. Montenegro's Criminal Code contains a general penalty enhancement and a substantive offence provision. Hate crime data are collected by the Montenegrin Prosecutor's Office and the Supreme Court. Data on hate crime are not made publicly available.

OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2019 31 - 3
2018 - 0 1
2017 Not available Not available 1
2016 Not available Not available Not available
2015 Not available Not available Not available
2014 Not available Not available 0
2013 Not available Not available Not available
2012 Not available Not available Not available
2011 Not available Not available Not available
2010 Not available Not available Not available
2009 Not available Not available Not available

About 2019 Data

    The police records include one case which may constitute a hate speech offence and, thus, falls outside of the OSCE's hate crime definition.

Hate crime recorded by police

The breakdown below only shows hate crime disaggregated by type of crime. The breakdown by bias motivation was not available.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-12 Threats
SETA
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-04 Threats
LGBT Forum Progress
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
LGBT Forum Progress
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Conclusions on the Implementation of the Recommendations in Respect of Montenegro."

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the Police of Montenegro has not recorded the bias motivations of hate crime.