Annex 2: table of international instruments
| Author | Kostic-Mandic, Maja |
| Pages | 100-101 |
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ANNEX 2: TABLE OF INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
Country: Montenegro
Date: 31 December 2018
Instrument
Date of
signature
Date of
ratification
Derogations/
reservations
relevant to
equality and
non-
discrimination142
Right of
individua
l petition
accepted
?
Can this
instrume
nt be
directly
relied
upon in
domestic
courts by
individua
ls?143
European
Convention
on Human
Rights
(ECHR)
26.12.2003
06.06.2006
No
Yes
Yes
Protocol 12,
ECHR
26.12.2003
06.06.2006
No
Yes
Yes
Revised
European
Social
Charter
22.03.2005
03.03.2010
No
Ratified
collective
complaint
s
protocol?
No
Yes
International
Covenant on
Civil and
Political
Rights
2001
23.10.2006
No144
Yes
Yes
Framework
Convention
for the
Protection of
National
Minorities
06.06.2006
06.06.2006
No
Yes
Yes
International
Covenant on
Economic,
Social and
Cultural
Rights
2001
23.10.2006
No
Yes
Yes
Convention
on the
Elimination
23.10.2006
23.10.2006
No
Yes
Yes
142 ‘Derogations on the basis of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, language, ethnic or social origin, political or
other opinion, financial status or any other personal characteristics are forbidden’ (Article 25, Montenegrin
Constitution).
143 Anyone whose rights are violated by individual legal acts that do not comply with the Constitution and
ratified international treaties, according to the opinion of the Constitutional Court, can request amendment
of that act and initiate the procedure before the Constitutional Court, after exhausting all remedies (Law on
the Constitutional Court, Article 47, Official Gazette of Montenegro, no. 64/2008, 46/2013 and51/2013).
144 Prohibition of derogation with regard to prohibition of slavery, prohibition of debt slavery and abolition of
the right to be recognised as a person before the law have not been incorporated in the Montenegrin
Constitution.
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