Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (l) speaking to Judge Fausto Pocar (r) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as Jonathan Lucas (c), the Director of the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) looks on, at an event marking the end of the 18-month War Crimes Justice Project, 26 October 2011. (OSCE)

The Serbian version of the Manual on International Criminal Defence, developed by the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), together with the Association of Defence Counsel (ADC) practicing before the ICTY, was presented to defence lawyers in Belgrade on 25 October 2011. (OSCE)

Colleen Rohan, Defence Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, holds up a CD-ROM version of the Manual on International Criminal Defence at an advocacy-skills training for defence lawyers appearing in war crimes cases as part of the War Crimes Justice Project, Prishtinë/Priština, 19 October 2011. (OSCE/Driton Paqarada)

Participants at an advocacy-skills training for defence lawyers appearing in war crimes cases as part of the War Crimes Justice Project, Prishtinë/Priština, 19 October 2011. (OSCE/Driton Paqarada)

Colleen Rohan, Defence Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (l) and Romana Schweiger, War Crimes Justice Project (WCJP) Regional Co-ordinator, lead an advocacy-skills training session for defence lawyers appearing in war crimes cases as part of the WCJP, Prishtinë/Priština, 19 October 2011. (OSCE/Driton Paqarada)

Judge Bakone Justice Moloto from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said the exchange of ideas and experiences between professionals at the ICTY and their counterparts in the region is part of the Tribunal's legacy at a peer-to-peer meeting organized as part of the War Crimes Justice Project, in Bečići, Montenegro, 27 June 2011. (OSCE/Dejan Kalezić)

(L-r) Romana Schweiger, the War Crimes Justice Project Regional Co-ordinator; Ambassador Leopold Maurer, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Montenegro and Ambassador Šarunas Adomavičius, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro at a peer-to-peer meeting of ICTY Judges and their counterparts from the region, organized as part of the War Crimes Justice Project, in Bečići, Montenegro, 27 June 2011. During the meeting Maurer said that bringing war crimes trials to completion is an important part of transitional justice, building democracy and establishing lasting reconciliation. (OSCE/Dejan Kalezić)

Prosecutor Paul Rogers of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia speaking at a training session for judges, prosecutors, and defence lawyers from across Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the War Crimes Justice Project. Sarajevo, 17 March 2011. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

Judge Branko Hrvatin, President of Croatia's Supreme Court, speaking at a at a press conference prior to a peer-to-peer meeting for judges in South-Eastern Europe, Zagreb, 17 January 2011. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

ODIHR First Deputy Director Douglas Wake making opening remarks at a press conference prior to a peer-to-peer meeting for judges in South-Eastern Europe, Zagreb, 17 January 2011. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

Participants at a training session for legal support staff in Belgrade on 22 November conducted as part of the War Crimes Justice Project, which is being led by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and is funded by the European Union. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

Romana Schweiger (r), Regional Project Co-ordinator for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, with Radmila Dragicevic Dicic, President of Serbia's Appeals Court, at a press conference in Belgrade, 22 November 2010. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

Helena Eggleston of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia conducts a training session for legal professionals as part of an ODIHR-led project at Serbia's Judicial Academy in Belgrade on 22 November. The project is funded by the EU. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

Serbia's war-crimes prosecutor, Vladimir Vukcevic, prior to the opening of the War Crimes Justice Project in Belgrade, Serbia, 28 September 2010. ODIHR is one of the partners implementing the European Union-funded project. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

ODIHR Director Amb. Janez Lenarcic speaking at the opening of the War Crimes Justice Project in Belgrade, Serbia, 28 September 2010. ODIHR is one of the partners implementing the European Union-funded project. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

Serbian Justice Minister Snežana Malović speaks at the opening of the War Crimes Justice Project in Belgrade, Serbia, 28 September 2010. ODIHR is one of the partners running the European Union-funded project. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Judge Patrick Robinson, listens through a headset at the opening of the War Crimes Justice Project in Belgrade, Serbia, 28 September 2010. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

Robert Adams (r), Senior Project Officer for the War Crimes Justice Project at the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, at a press conference prior to the first regional meeting of victim- and witness-support providers held under the auspices of the War Crimes Justice Project, Belgrade, 6 May 2011. (OSCE)