Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is based in Warsaw, Poland. It is active throughout the OSCE area in the fields of election observation, democratic development, human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination, and rule of law.

OSCE rights office, Lithuanian education ministry launch anti-Semitism teaching tools for Lithuanian schools

VILNIUS, 2 July 2009 - The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science today launched a Lithuanian-language version of teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism...

Improvements in Albania's election process, but violations persist, observers say

TIRANA, 29 June 2009 - In a statement issued today, the International Election Observation Mission concluded that Albania's election process demonstrated improvements, but also noted that violations persist...

ODIHR helps transfer war crimes knowledge from The Hague to local courts

An ODIHR initiative is helping to ensure that the experience amassed by the international tribunal in the Hague in trying war crimes in the former Yugoslavia will fully benefit the national jurisdictions in the Balkans who will continue its work.

ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic (second left) speaks to election commission members at a polling station during Albania's parliamentary elections, 28 June 2009. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher)

ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION: Observation of parliamentary elections in Albania

DOCUMENT: Report on the human rights situation in the war-affected areas following the conflict in Georgia, 27 November 2008

English (2.26 MB)

• ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION: Limited observation of parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
• ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION: Observation of presidential election in Kyrgyzstan
• ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION: Observation of early parliamentary elections in Moldova
• PUBLICATION: ODIHR Annual Report 2008
• PUBLICATION: Human rights defenders
• ODIHR e-newsletter
  ODIHR issues an e-mail newsletter every two months.

Statement of preliminary findings and conclusions regarding the 28 June 2009 parliamentary elections in Albania

English (273 KB), Albanian (311 KB)
View as HTML: English, Albanian

Final report on the 22 March and 5 April 2009 presidential and municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

English (313 KB)
View as HTML: English
Final report

2009 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Bulgaria: interim report

English (77.3 KB), Bulgarian (184 KB)
View as HTML: English, Bulgarian

2009 presidential election in the Kyrgyz Republic: interim report 1

English (79.8 KB), Kyrgyz (267 KB), Russian (251 KB)
View as HTML: English, Kyrgyz, Russian

Final report on the 5 April 2009 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova

English (335 KB), Romanian (404 KB)
View as HTML: English, Romanian

Final report on the 29 March parliamentary elections in Montenegro

English (309 KB)
View as HTML: English