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Decision No. 566

The scope of this Opinion mainly covers the Draft Law submitted for review. The Opinion focuses on aspects relating to the establishment and functioning of a state compensation scheme/fund covered by the Draft Law. Thus limited, it does not constitute a full and comprehensive review of the entire legal and institutional framework pertaining to the full and effective reparation1 of victims2 of criminal acts in Montenegro. It must be highlighted that the upcoming OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the legal framework on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence in Montenegro will further address other aspects pertaining to the reparation of victims of violence against women and domestic violence.

Aarhus Centres: A Decade of Partnership in Implementing the Aarhus Convention

OSCE/ODIHR, the Venice Commission and DG I welcome the Draft Law, which represents, overall, a substantial improvement of the current Law regulating the operation of the Moldovan Prosecution Service and reflects a genuine effort to modernize the existing legal framework, in line with relevant European standards and best practices. It appears to be of good technical and structural quality, and it deals in detail- although in some cases in a too detailed manner- with many important aspects of the functioning of the Prosecution Service. The opinion recommended, however, to provide a more precise and narrow delineation of the powers of the Prosecution Service outside of criminal law; to include more precise provisions on the internal independence of prosecutors and related safeguards; to include a specific mechanism for the dismissal of the Prosecutor General; to reconsider the proposed provisions with respect to prosecutors in the Autonomous Territorial Unit (ATU) of Gagauzia and to ensure that the Transitional Provisions provide for the appropriate harmonization of the provisions of the Draft Law with those of the Code of Criminal Procedure and any other relevant legislative provisions.

Secretary General's 2013 Security Days address

This is a summary report of the OSCE expert workshop that took place in Vienna on 2 July 2014. Workshop's objective was to contribute to enhancing the capacities of OSCE participating States to fulfill their commitment with regard to MC.DEC/6/13 by raising awareness of and facilitating the dialogue and knowledge sharing on the protection of electricity networks from natural disasters. The focus of the workshop was to discuss the state of the art and other existing best-practices for protecting electricity networks from natural disasters.

Aarhus Centres: A Decade of Partnership in Implementing the Aarhus Convention

Background Paper of the 2014 Swiss OSCE Chairmanship on the Second Preparatory Meeting of the 22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum “Responding to environmental challenges with a view to promoting cooperation and security in the OSCE area”, Montreux, 19- 21 May 2014.