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Address by Max van der Stoel to the seminar on Legal Aspects of Minority Rights
Publishing date: 4 December 2000
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
"Minority Rigths, Participation and Bilateral Agreements", address at the international seminar on "Legal Aspects of Minority Rights: Participation in Decsion-Making Processes and Bilateral Agreements on Minority Rights", Zagreb, Croatia
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Early Parliamentary Elections, 5 June 2016: Final Report
Publishing date: 8 July 2016
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
FSC Journal No. 106 of the 1995 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting
Publishing date: 13 March 1995
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Provisions and decisions of the 1995 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting.
Expert Meeting on Strengthening the Independence of NHRIs in the OSCE Region: Outcome Report
Publishing date: 6 April 2017
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The report covers the expert meeting on the independence of NHRIs in the OSCE region hosted by ODIHR on 28 and 29 November 2016 in Warsaw.
Summary Report of the OSCE/ODIHR Conference on Forced and Coercive Sterilization of Roma Women: Justice and Reparations for Victims in the Czech Republic
Publishing date: 13 December 2016
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The conference on Forced and Coercive Sterilization of Roma Women: Justice and Reparations for Victims in the Czech Republic was organized by the OSCE/ODIHR on 1 June 2016 in Prague.
Legal Framework and Overview of Case Law on Disciplinary Responsibility of Judges
Publishing date: 29 May 2016
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This study focuses on disciplinary accountability of judges in Serbia. It t provides an overview of international standards in this area, deals with the legal framework of disciplinary accountability of judges in Serbia, analyses the practices in establishing the disciplinary accountability of judges, and outlines the specific recommendations for improving the legal practice in the field of disciplinary accountability of judges in Serbia.
Joint Opinion on the Draft Constitutional Law on Political Parties of Armenia
Publishing date: 13 December 2016
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In October 2016, the Minister of Justice of Armenia requested the Venice Commission for an opinion on the draft constitutional law on political parties of Armenia. The present Joint Opinion was prepared by the Venice Commission together with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, given the organisations’ previous co-operation in this field. It was adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections and the Venice Commission in December 2016.
Quarterly Selection 1/2017
Publishing date: 10 April 2017
Collections: Quarterly Selections 2017
Content type: Report
Where we are: Resources
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
January- March 2017
Statement by the Delegation of Austria/EU Presidency on the human rights situation in Belarus and preparations for the presidential elections, to be held on 19 March 2006
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
598th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Compendium of Good Practices for Advancing Women’s Political Participation in the OSCE Region
Publishing date: 25 February 2016
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
To mark 20 years since the launch of the Beijing Platform for Action, ODIHR has published this compendium of good practices to reflect on where progress has been made and identify some of the continuing challenges in achieving gender equality in politics. The compendium explores the participation of women through political parties, in elections, local politics and in parliaments, recognizing that these should be seen as connected and related areas.