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Provides a comparative overview of the use of the death penalty throughout the OSCE region based upon information provided by the participating States themselves.

Assessment provided to the OSCE Office in Yerevan by Advanced Social Technologies NGO, in co-operation with the Soros Foundation

"OSCE remains in Croatia", interview with Ambassador Peter Semneby

At its 45th Plenary meeting (Venice, 15-16 December 2000), the Venice Commission approved the programme of co-operation with Azerbaijan which had been proposed by Messrs Khanlar Hajiyev, President of the Constitutional Court, Mr Ramiz Mehdiyev, Head of the Presidential Administration and Mr Safa Mirzoyev, Head of the Administration of Parliament (CDL (2001) 5). The main lines of the programme followed the mandate given to the Venice Commission by the Committee of Ministers (CM (2000) 170). In conformity with its mandate, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has been engaged in Azerbaijan since 1998 through the implementation of technical assistance projects mainly aiming at improving the election legislation in co-operation with the authorities and civil society of Azerbaijan.

Statement at the Follow-up Meeting of the United Nations Counter Terrorism Committee Special Meeting

Report on Assessment Visit to Moldova

Statement by the Representative at the 538th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Speech by Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Vienna, 15 July 2004

A report from an anti-trafficking conference held in Helsinki on 23-24 September 2004.