A/HRC/10/29 392. A draft law on the prohibition of discrimination had been prepared and would soon be submitted to the Government for adoption. Montenegro also referred to the conclusions of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted on 16 February 2009, in which it, inter alia, welcomed the fact that Montenegro had taken numerous legislative and administrative measures aimed at establishing a framework for the promotion and protection of human rights. 393. Montenegro provided information on the plan of action for achieving gender equality in the period 2008–2012, which envisaged preparation of a forum for dialogue with the civil sector, to be organized three times a year, with a view to establishing dialogue and the transfer and exchange of information and views between the Government and the non-governmental sector. In March 2009, one Montenegro private university would start enrolling the first generation of students in a “gender studies school”. The campaign entitled “16 days of activism against domestic violence” started in cooperation with international organizations in late November 2008 and continued in 2009. The drafting of the initial report on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, coordinated by the Ministry for the protection of human and minority rights, was in progress. 394. The conditions for exercising the freedom of the media and a good environment for freedom of expression had been created in Montenegro. The Parliament had adopted a new law on public broadcasting services after the implementation of the old law had shown that certain issues important for the work of public broadcasting services had not been regulated or regulated in an adequate manner. 395. Regarding the recommendation of several States that effective measures be taken to investigate attacks on journalists and human rights defenders, Montenegro stated that, in the case of the homicide of the director and editor-in-chief of the daily Dan, a trial was in progress and, in three cases of assaults on journalists, the criminal procedures had been completed. In two of the cases, there were final judgements and prison sentences imposed; in the third case, the trial had finished and a judgement would soon be announced. 396. Judicial authorities were also conducting criminal procedures in four cases of war crimes. In three, indictments had been brought, while the fourth one was at the investigation stage, aimed at supplementing the request for conducting the investigation proposed by the competent State prosecutor. Work on these cases had intensified. In the first of the cases, the trial was in progress, in the second it was scheduled and would start in March 2009, while the third case was at the stage of deciding on the objections to the indictment. In all three cases, it was decided that the defendants would be held in detention. 397. Court proceedings for damages in 42 litigations initiated in relation to the “deportation of Muslims” of 1992 had been finalized through a settlement between the plaintiffs and the Government of Montenegro. The plaintiffs settled for an amount of €4,135,000. Montenegro stated that this case of treatment of victims of war events in the region could serve as an example for solving the open issues that burdened bilateral relations. 398. Montenegro fully accepted the recommendation to work more intensively on passing the law on protection against domestic violence and to establish close cooperation with non-governmental organizations in the procedure of passing this law. According to the Government’s agenda, the draft of the law would soon be issued for public consultation. Montenegro stressed that, in this field, judicial bodies had been committed to solving the cases involving the criminal offence of domestic violence. Courts had already decided on several hundreds of such cases. 399. Montenegro referred to the richness of activities in implementing the plan of action for the implementation of the strategy for the reform of the judiciary with the report on the 148 GE.09-17451