Recent case of the 15-month-old boy murdered by his step father shows that the response of Montenegrin institutions to cases of domestic violence is thoroughly inadequate. It turns out that in the 21st century, Montenegrin citizens fail to report cases of domestic violence to proper authorities and prefer not to get involved. Also, the institutions are not encouraging them enough to behave differently. Fighting against domestic violence mostly comes down to short lived campaigns, Pobjeda writes.
The police also recorded that the number of repeat offenders in the field of domestic violence almost doubled. Last year 42 repeat offenders were registered, whereas in 2016 there were 25 of them.
UNDP took certain steps to curb domestic violence. In cooperation with the representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office, judiciary and civic sector, UNDP prepared a set of amendments to the law on protection from domestic violence.
UNDP doesn’t consider the existing law adequate and added it had to stipulate stricter sanctions for offenders.
