Montenegro | HCRW

AMontenegro has reported information on hate crimes to ODIHR, most recently for the 2019 and 2021 Hate Crime Reports. Montenegro implemented ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme in 2014 and updated the training in 2022 following changes to the country's hate crime legislation in 2018. In 2022, ODIHR organized a refresher TAHCLE course. In 2023, Montenegro implemented ODIHR's Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) training. In 2017, Montenegro adopted measures to allow for the effective prosecution of hate crimes following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Alkovic v. Montenegro (No. 66895/10). In 2023, Montenegro amended legislation to include public acts provoking or inciting racial and religious hatred (Article 370), as well as special circumstances for sentencing hate crimes (Article 42a).

SELECT YEAR

Download the 2014 hate crime report for Montenegro

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2023	19	4	623
2022	3	Not available	602
2021	7	-	5
2020	Not available	Not available	Not available
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 2014 Data

Official data recorded by police and prosecution are not available. The sentencing figure comes from an annual report by the Supreme Court.

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

The Police Academy in Danilovgrad has continued to implement ODIHR’s TAHCLE programme.

Third party reporting of hate crimes has been introduced in co-operation with the Juventas civil society group. The reporting form can be filed by the victims or witnesses both anonymously or with all the data included.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Montenegro has not periodically reported to ODIHR the numbers of hate crimes recorded by police.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that the civil society group Juventas conducted training on hate crime for the police.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended strengthening training for police officers, prosecutors and judges on dealing with hate crime; and establishing a mechanism to recognize, record, analyze and report on hate crimes. CERD also recommends that the criminal code include racial, national, ethnic or ethno-religious motivation as an aggravating circumstance when determining the punishment for crimes.