247 recommendations to Montenegro, asking for investigations into attacks on journalists and police torture

After the fourth Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations on the state of human rights, Montenegro received 247 recommendations from 87 state delegations.

UN member states called on Montenegro to take measures to shed light on attacks on journalists and cases of police torture, and to take steps to avoid increasing the number of stateless people.

Montenegro also received recommendations to ensure the independence and impartiality of the judiciary and to fight against discrimination and xenophobia, Portal RTCG reports.

The most important recommendations also refer to solving cases of police torture, as well as solving cases of attacks on journalists.

The United Nations has published recommendations for Montenegro on its website.

In addition to the recommendations, there were also questions addressed to the Montenegrin delegation, which must answer them in the coming period.

Belgium asked whether the Government of Montenegro plans to adopt new strategies to combat gender-based violence and domestic violence.

"What concrete measures will the Government take to respond to the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding birth registration and the difficulties that some groups of children face in this regard", is one of the questions of the Belgian delegation.

The US delegation asked what measures the government had taken to hold those responsible for unsolved cases of serious violence against media representatives, including the murder of Duško Jovanović and the attack on Olivera Lakić, accountable.

"What steps are government agencies taking to conduct thorough and credible investigations, including transparency, as appropriate, of reports of violence and harassment of media workers in retaliation for their reporting? What steps are being taken to address systemic racism and economic inequality that threaten full enjoyment human rights of Roma in Montenegro?", are some of the questions posed by the delegation of the United States.