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State party take appropriate measures to prevent sexual violence in prisons, including
inter-prisoner violence.
Attacks against journalists
(18) The Committee is concerned at a number of cases of intimidation of or violence
against journalists, killings of journalists and attacks against media property, and at the lack
of investigation of such cases. In addition to the cases of Olivera Lakić and Mladen
Stojović, the Committee takes note of concerns raised by the Special Rapporteur on the
promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression at the end of his
visit to Montenegro in 2013 in relation to unresolved cases of attacks on and killings of
journalists, including the murder of Duško Jovanović in 2004 (arts. 2 and 12).
The State party should inform the Committee of the outcomes of the work carried out
by the commission established in December 2013 to investigate cases of threats and
violations against journalists, murders of journalists and attacks on media property.
Violence against women
(19) While noting the State party’s efforts to combat gender-based violence, including
the adoption of the Law on Domestic Violence Protection in 2010, and of the Strategy for
Combating Domestic Violence for the period 2011–2015, the Committee expresses its
concern at (art. 16):
(a)
The reported lack of implementation of existing legislation and policy;
(b)
The prevalence of violence against women and, in particular, of domestic
violence, as well as the low rate of reporting on such violence;
(c)
The lack of effective investigation of reports of violence and the lack of
prosecutions, the mild sentences given to perpetrators and the inadequate protection of
victims, with protection orders being used in only a limited manner.
Recalling the recommendations made in 2011 by the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW/C/MNE/CO/1, para. 19), the State party
should increase its efforts to prevent, combat and punish violence against women and
domestic violence, in particular by conducting impartial, prompt and effective
investigations into reports of violence, punishing perpetrators with appropriate
penalties, providing adequate protection to those at risk of violence and assistance to
victims, and establishing support services for victims. The State party is encouraged to
conduct broader awareness-raising campaigns and training on domestic violence for
law enforcement personnel, judges, lawyers and social workers who are in direct
contact with victims, as well as for the public at large.
Trafficking in persons
(20) The Committee notes the significant efforts undertaken by the State party to combat
trafficking in persons, including the adoption of the 2010 amendment to article 444 of the
Criminal Code specifically criminalizing trafficking, as well as the strategy to combat
trafficking for the period 2012–2018. However, the Committee remains concerned at the
very limited number of complaints, prosecutions and convictions in respect of perpetrators
of trafficking, as well as at the lack of protection and remedy provided for victims
(CAT/C/MNE/2, annex II) (arts. 2, 10 and 16).
The State party should undertake effective measures to prevent and combat
trafficking in persons, by implementing in practice article 444 of the Criminal Code,
prosecuting perpetrators, providing protection and compensation to victims, and
intensifying training for judges, prosecutors, and migration and other law
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