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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia, ODIHR and civil society partners to follow elections of prosecutors
Publishing date: 30 November 2015
BELGRADE, 30 November 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the civil society organization Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) will monitor on 1 December 2015 the elections of prosecutors to the Serbia’s State Prosecutorial Council (SPC)...
OSCE Mission to Serbia and ODIHR prepare with civil society partners to follow elections to judicial self-administration bodies
Publishing date: 9 November 2015
The laws, rules and procedures for jointly assessing the upcoming elections of judges and prosecutors to the High Judicial Council and State Prosecutorial Council were the focus of a workshop in Belgrade on 6 November 2015, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) NGO...
ODIHR Director expresses concern about continued detention and sentencing of foreign nationals in the Russian Federation
Publishing date: 27 August 2015
WARSAW, 27 August 2015 – Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link today expressed his concern about the conviction and sentencing of three foreign nationals and continued detention of a number of Ukrainian nationals in the Russian Federation...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on United Kingdom’s general election recommends addressing equality of vote and reviewing campaign finance provisions
Publishing date: 23 July 2015
Addressing the deviation in the size of constituencies to ensure equality of the vote and accelerating the disclosure of campaign finance reports are among the main recommendations contained in a final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 7 May 2015 general election in the United Kingdom...
CORRECTION: OSCE/ODIHR Director Link congratulates Roberto Montella on election as Secretary General of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 6 July 2015
PLEASE FIND BELOW THE CORRECT VERSION OF THE PRESS RELEASE. WARSAW, 6 July 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today congratulated Italy’s Roberto Montella on his election as Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA).
Rule of law professionals discuss the monitoring of administrative justice at annual OSCE/ODIHR trial-monitoring meeting
Publishing date: 1 July 2015
Monitoring administrative justice was the focus of this year’s annual trial-monitoring meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), in Warsaw between 29 June and 1 July 2015.
ODIHR Director Link calls on Armenian authorities to respect right to freedom of peaceful assembly of protesters in Yerevan
Publishing date: 24 June 2015
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...