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Access to Employment and Income Opportunities: Approaches and Methods among Roma and other Disadvantaged Groups
A report on increasing the access of Roma communities to labour markets. This report was published by the PAKIV European Roma Fund with financial support from the ODIHR, but the views expressed within it do not necessarily reflect the views of the ODIHR.
Election Observation - A decade of monitoring elections: the people and the practice
This publication provides an overview of the history and development of OSCE election monitoring. It looks at the reasons for observing elections, who observers are, where they come from, and how an election observation mission works in practice.
Combating Hate Crimes in the OSCE Region: An Overview of Statistics, Legislation, and National Initiatives
This report covers information received by participating States in response to a series of five Notes Verbales sent by the ODIHR in 2004, requesting relevant information relating to hate crimes, including statistics, legislation, and national initiatives.
The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2005
This paper provides an overview of international standards on the death penalty, as well as usage of capital punishment in the OSCE area. It covers the period from 30 June 2004 to 30 June 2005.
ODIHR continued in 2004 to conduct a broad range of activities towards fostering democracy and the rule of law, promoting and protecting human rights, addressing pertinent shortcomings, and assisting participating States in the implementation of their commitments.
This handbook provides a thorough overview of the ODIHR’s observation methodology and serves as a reference work for all members of an EOM. It also informs the OSCE community at large, including governments of participating States, political parties, candidates, voters, and civil society, about the planning, deployment, and implementation of an election observation mission.