Legal summary in details on Montenegro
AGE OF CONSENT
| Equal age of consent for same-sex and different-sex sexual acts |
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ASYLUM
| Sexual Orientation |
Gender Identity |
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| Persecution on the following grounds is explicitly recognised in asylum law |
BIAS MOTIVATED SPEECH/VIOLENCE
| Sexual Orientation |
Gender Identity |
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| Bias motivated speech/violence on the following grounds is recognised in criminal law |
| Bias motivated speech/violence law explicitly refers to intersex people |
EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION
| Sexual Orientation |
Gender Identity |
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| The Constitution explicitly prohibits discrimination on the following grounds |
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| Discrimination in employment is explicitly prohibited by law on the following grounds (click here to download the text of the law) |
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| Discrimination in access to goods and services is explicitly prohibited by law on the following grounds (click here to download the text of the law) |
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| Discrimination in other spheres of life is explicitly prohibited by law on the following grounds (click here to download the text of the law) |
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| Equality body/National human rights institution is legally mandated to tackle discrimination on the following grounds |
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| National equality action plan contains measures tackling discrimination on the following grounds |
| National anti-discrimination law explicitly refers to intersex people |
FAMILY
| Marriage |
Registered partnership |
Cohabitation |
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| Forms of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships |
| Joint adoption |
Second parent adoption (adoption of one another's child) |
Fertility treatment (medically assisted insemination) |
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| Same-sex couples are entitled to |
| Trans people can legally marry a person of the other gender |
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FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION (during the last 5 years)
| No obstruction |
Obstruction |
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| LGBTI public events held with authorisation/without obstruction by the State |
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| LGBTI organisations officially registered/function without obstruction by the State |
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LEGAL GENDER RECOGNITION
| Existence of legal/administrative procedures for change of name and legal gender |
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| Possibility to change one's name to match the gender identity |
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| Possibility to change one's gender on official documents to match the gender identity |
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| No Gender Identity Disorder diagnosis or medical/psychological opinion needed |
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| No compulsory medical/surgical intervention required |
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| No compulsory divorce (or single status) required |
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| No sterilisation (or proof of infertility) required |
