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Recommendation
JS1 recommended that Montenegro: effectively implement the 2019 Amendments to the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence by including current and former intimate partners, former in-laws, and extramarital spouses in the definition of domestic violence; amend the Criminal Code to include psychological, economic, and sexual violence, introduce a separate criminal offense for femicide, and criminalize marital rape; propose legislation criminalizing marital rape; amend legislation to more clearly define what constitutes misdemeanour and criminal cases of domestic violence; provide enhanced financial support to organizations providing specialized services to victims; end the practice of mediation in domestic violence cases; publish statistics; and conduct awareness-raising. [Para 33]
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