Country report, gender equality : how are EU rules transposed into national law? : Montenegro 2019.

The Law on Amendments to the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination, adopted in the Parliament of Montenegro on 29 June 2017,2 realised full compliance with Recast Directive 2006/54/EC and Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security.3 4 In addition, this piece of legislation ensures c [...] In the part on promoting gender equality, for example, the Ministry of Defence adopted the ‘Human Resources Management Strategy of the Ministry of Defence and the Army of Montenegro’, which set out the gender equality policy and certain strategic goals, including increased representation of women in the army, command duties and missions and the continuous implementation of national policies on gen [...] The Judicial Council operates under the Law on the Judicial Council and Judges,22 which regulates the manner of appointing and dismissing members of the Judicial Council, the organisation and working methods of the Judicial Council, the procedure for the appointment of judges and lay judges, certain rights and duties, the means of determining that a judicial office should be terminated, the discip [...] Only 9.6 % of the owners of business entities in Montenegro are women.33 3.1.2 Other issues A positive step is the Ministry of Defence’s adoption of the ‘Human Resources Management Strategy of the Ministry of Defence and the Army of Montenegro’, which defines the gender equality policy and certain strategic goals. [...] In 2015, the law was amended by the Law on Amendments to the Law on Gender Equality, which extended the scope of the sanctions concerning discrimination based on sex and violation of the principle of the equal treatment of men and women in certain spheres of life, including discrimination against women due to pregnancy.35 The law has now been harmonised with the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimin