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Final report on parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan stresses need for 'profound electoral reform'
Publishing date: 20 December 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
In its final report on the 10 October parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, published on 20 December, ODIHR concluded that: "[the] elections constituted a further consolidation of the democratic process. Political pluralism, a vibrant campaign and confidence in the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda... characterized the elections. The authorities displayed the political will tohold democratic elections in line with OSCE commitments. Nevertheless, there is an urgent need for profound electoral legal reform."
Belarus still has considerable way to go in meeting OSCE commitments, despite certain improvements, election observers say
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
MINSK, 20 December 2010- Yesterday's presidential election showed that Belarus still has a considerable way to go in meeting its OSCE commitments, although some specific improvements were made, concluded the international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)...
Head of ODIHR election observation mission presents report at special European Parliament session on Belarus
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, the head of ODIHR's election observation mission for the presidential election in Belarus on 19 December 2010, presented the mission's preliminary findings during an extraordinary session of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels on 12 January.
Strengthening independence of Russia's judiciary discussed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Moscow
Publishing date: 13 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
MOSCOW, 14 December 2010- Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Russia's judiciary and enhance public confidence in judicial independence were in focus of a meeting organized today in Moscow by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) together with the Information Science for Democracy Foundation (INDEM) and the Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR)...
Strengthening independence of Russia’s judiciary discussed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Moscow
Publishing date: 13 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
MOSCOW, 14 December 2010- Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Russia’s judiciary and enhance public confidence in judicial independence were in focus of a meeting organized today in Moscow by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Judges from ICTY, Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss handling war crimes cases under OSCE/ODIHR-led project
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SARAJEVO, 10 December 2010- Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today discussed experiences in adjudicating war crimes cases with peers from Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the regional War Crimes Justice Project led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Ahead of Human Rights Day, OSCE human rights chief, UN Special Rapporteur call for removing undue restrictions on religious freedom
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 9 December 2010- Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, today called on states to remove undue restrictions on the fundamental freedom of religion or belief...