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ODIHR Director Link calls on Armenian authorities to respect right to freedom of peaceful assembly of protesters in Yerevan

Publishing date: 24 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 24 June 2015- Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today called on the Armenian authorities to respect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly of those taking part in a peaceful protest in central Yerevan...

OSCE/ODIHR gathers war crimes investigators at regional meeting in Sarajevo

Publishing date: 25 May 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
A meeting for war crimes investigators in South-Eastern Europe organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and supported by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 25 May 2015 in Sarajevo provided an opportunity for investigators to exchange experiences...

ODIHR releases Trial Monitoring Report on Georgia

Publishing date: 9 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
WARSAW, 9 December 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released its Georgia Trial Monitoring Report, concluding ODIHR’s trial monitoring activities in the country. The trial monitoring project began in February 2013 and focused on 14 criminal cases against senior officials of the previous government in Georgia...

Trial-monitoring professionals exchange methodologies at OSCE/ODIHR annual meeting

Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
More than fifty representatives from 30 non-governmental organizations and eight OSCE field operations exchanged experiences in applying trial-monitoring methodologies at the Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) between 26 and 28 November 2014 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

OSCE/ODIHR supports discussions on criminal justice reforms in Central Asia at Fifth Expert Forum in Bishkek

Publishing date: 25 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
More than 65 policy-makers, academics, justice professionals and civil society representatives from Central Asia and the wider OSCE region came together on 24-25 November 2014 to discuss reform initiatives, current challenges and good practices for criminal justice systems at the Fifth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Michael Georg Link takes up post as new ODIHR director

Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Elections, Democratization, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 2 July 2014 – Michael Georg Link of Germany assumed his new duties on Tuesday as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses gratitude to outgoing ODIHR Director Lenarčič

Publishing date: 30 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Elections, Democratization, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERN, 30 June 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, today expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, the outgoing Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), for his work over the last six years...