This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Montenegro in January 2018. Amnesty International is concerned about inadequate implementation of treaty obligations, such as failing to include a definition of torture in national law in line with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the limited authority of the National Preventive Mechanism; and weak implementation of a flawed anti-discrimination legal framework; impunity for crimes under international law, including enforced disappearance; restrictions on the media and impunity for attacks on journalists; torture and other ill-treatment; and excessive use of force in the context of public order policing.
