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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.

Press releases

OSCE/ODIHR Director encouraged by further improvement in co-operation with Russia

MOSCOW, 8 September 2010 - Following talks today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other senior officials and parliamentarians, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, said...

OSCE/ODIHR opens limited observation mission for Latvia's parliamentary elections

RIGA, 7 September 2010 - The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened a limited observation mission to monitor the 2 October parliamentary elections in Latvia...

OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan

Corien Jonker, the head of ODIHR's election observation mission, speaking at a press conference in Bishkek to open the mission, 7 September 2010. (Vafo Mamadnazarov/OSCE)

BISHKEK, 7 September 2010 - The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened its election observation mission for the 10 October parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan...

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Features

Building trust between the police and Roma and Sinti communities

Hungarian police officer Gabriella Bán (r) at a press conference on the launch of a guide on building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti, with ODIHR's Andrzej Mirga and SPMU's Kevin Carty, Vienna, 21 May 2010. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

The OSCE has been working with police forces and Roma and Sinti communities to overcome a history of abuse and mistrust.

Living up to the legacy? The OSCE's landmark human rights document turns 20

In 1990, the OSCE's participating States signed the Copenhagen Document, which introduced numerous new commitments in the areas of democratic elections, human rights, and the rule of law, among others. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

With a conference coming up on 10-11 June to mark the 20th anniversary of the Copenhagen Document, we reflect on what the document has meant to the Organization.

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An official inks a voter's thumb at a polling station near Bishkek during the constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan on 27 June 2010. ODIHR opened a new mission on 7 September to observe the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan on 10 October. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher)

An official inks a voter's thumb at a polling station near Bishkek during the constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan on 27 June 2010. ODIHR opened a new mission on 7 September to observe the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan on 10 October. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher)

Documents

Judicial Independence in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia - Challenges, Reforms and Way Forward: Meeting Report

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Sweden, General Elections, 19 September 2010: Needs Assessment Mission Report

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Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional Referendum, 27 June 2010: Final Report

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United States, Mid-term Elections, 2 November 2010: Needs Assessment Mission Report

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Azerbaijan, Parliamentary Elections, 7 November 2010: Needs Assessment Mission Report

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