Annex 1: main transposition and anti-discrimination legislation

• Author: Maja Kostić-Mandić
• Pages: 102-104

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ANNEX 1: MAIN TRANSPOSITION AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION

Country: Montenegro

Date: 31 December 2019

Title of the law: Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination, Official Gazette of

Montenegro, no. 46/10, 18/2014, 42/17

Abbreviation: LPD

Date of adoption: 6 August 2010

Entry into force: 13 August 2010

Latest relevant amendments: 30 June 2017

Web link: http://www.mmp.gov.me/biblioteka/zakoni

Grounds covered: race, skin colour, national affiliation, social or ethnic origin, affiliation

to the minority nation or minority national community, language, religion or belief,

political or other opinion, sex, sex change, gender identity, sexual orientation and / or

intersex characteristics, health conditions, disability, age, material status, marital or

family status, membership of a group or assumed membership of a group, political party

or other organisation as well as other personal characteristics.

Material scope: education, labour, goods and service delivery

Civil law

Material scope: education and vocational training, labour, goods and service delivery,

use of facilities/buildings and areas in public use, social protection, including social

security and healthcare

Principal content: prohibition of direct and indirect discrimination, harassment,

instruction to discriminate, creation of a specialised body

Title of the law: Criminal Code of Montenegro, Official Gazette of the Republic

of Montenegro, no. 070/03, 013/04, 047/06, Official Gazette of Montenegro,

no. 040/08, 025/10, 073/10, 032/11, 064/11, 040/13, 056/13, 014/15,

042/15, 058/15, 044/17, 049/18

Abbreviation: CC

Date of adoption: 17 December 2003

Entry into force: 3 January 2004

Latest relevant amendments: 17 July 2018

Weblink:

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Grounds covered: national affiliation or affiliation to an ethnic group, race, religion,

political or other opinion, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, language,

education, social status, social origin and property, other personal status.

Criminal law

Material scope: Scope of application covers all relevant fields. Article 443(4) prescribes

that a person who commits an offence from Article 443(1-3) by misusing their position

will be sentenced to prison (1-8 years). This offence can be committed in any of relevant

areas (education, employment, social services...)

Principal content: prohibition of all forms of discrimination

Title of the law: Labour Law, Official Gazette of Montenegro, no. 74/19

Abbreviation: LL

Date of adoption: 30December 2019

Entry into force: 6 January

Latest relevant amendments:

Web link: http://www.paragraf.me/propisi-crnegore/zakon-o-radu.html

Grounds covered: race, skin colour, national affiliation, social or ethnic origin, affiliation

to a minority nation or minority national community, language, religion or belief, political

or other opinion, sex, sex change, gender identity, sexual orientation, health conditions,

disability, age, material status, marital or family status, membership of a group or