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In 2023, a training-of-trainers was held for prosecutors in line with a Memorandum of Co-operation between the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro, the Centre for Training of the Judiciary and State Prosecutor's Office, and ODIHR. Signed in 2022, the Memorandum related to the implementation of ODIHR's Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training Program (PAHCT).

In 2023, in co-operation with the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM), the Centre for Training in the Judiciary and the State Prosecution organized a training activity on prosecuting hate crimes and combating hate speech, with a special focus on the LGBTIQ community. As part of the in-service training programme for judges and state prosecutors, the Centre also organized a seminar on "Hate Crime and Hate Speech". In total, 20 representatives of Montenegro's judiciary participated in the seminar (11 judges, three court advisers, four state prosecutors and two advisors from state prosecution offices).
    
In 2023, the HELP programme organized an online course on "Fight against racism, homophobia and transphobia" with the support of the Centre for Training in Judiciary and State Prosecution.

UNDP, in co-operation with the Center for Training in the Judiciary and the State Prosecution, organized a training activity on "Gender-based hate speech". A total of 11 representatives of Montenegro's judiciary attended this training.
    
Montenegro's Criminal Code was further amended in 2023 to criminalize public incitement to racial or religious hatred, as follows: "(1) Whoever publicly incites to violence or hatred towards a group, or a member of a group defined by virtue of race, skin colour, religion, language origin, nationality or ethnic affiliation shall be punished by a prison sentence from six months to five years". New provisions on sentencing for hate crimes were also introduced: "(1) When the criminal offence was committed out of hatred of another person due to national or ethnic affiliation, affiliation with race or religion or due to absence of such affiliation, disability, nationality or due to differences in political or other beliefs, sex, language, the colour of skin, education, social status, social background, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability".