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The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Report by the Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ms.Cornelia Taylor. Increasing military involvement of certain NATO and EU member States in yet more confrontation in and around Ukraine. European and World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October 2024. International Day of the Girl Child, observed on 11 October 2024. Outcomes of the high-level meetings of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

1492nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer. Recent developments in Georgia.

This Comprehensive Assessment Report was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a joint request by the Secretary General of the Parliament of Montenegro and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the lawmaking process in Montenegro.

This report looks at ineffective legal representation observed in criminal and civil proceedings in Kosovo and its implications for a defendant's right to a fair trial.

This report analyses the sentencing practices of Kosovo courts. It focuses on inadequate assessment of mitigating and aggravating circumstances, particularly when defendants are sentenced bellow the established legal minimum.

Establishment of a Contingency Fund for the Kosovo Verification Mission

2007 Unified Budget Revision for the OSCE Mission to Croatia and the OSCE Mission to Kosovo

The Commentary on the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Commentary) is a successful pioneering attempt to bring closer the contents of the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (LPPD) by analytically deconstructing the scope of its articles, for which the authors have provided support from the relevant equality and non-discrimination literature, practice and case law of domestic and international courts and bodies. The Commentary was developed in the period 2021-2024 as joint effort of five experts from judiciary, academia and legal practitioners. The preparatory work was initiated in 2019, but as the new Law on Prevention and Protection of Discrimination (LPPD) was adopted in October 2020, the work on the new text commenced in 2021. The clear expression of the language and the exceptional level of elaborating the subject-matter make the Commentary potentially useful for different professional backgrounds and different levels of understanding of the subject-matter. One of the qualities of this Commentary is that it not only dwells on the theoretical and practical side of the LPPD, but it also holds a normative component. Namely, the authors have successfully considered the Law’s shortcomings, too, and made proposals for its improvement, thereby using their own critical and analytical quill and other existing literature and data from relevant institutions. As a specific legal publication, the Commentary targets judges, lawyers and other legal professionals working on cases of discrimination as well as independent institutions, such as the Commission for Prevention and Protection from Discrimination and the Ombudsperson Institution, as well as civil society and international organizations active in this area.

Acts carried out against judicial and prosecutorial officials affect not only the independence and impartiality of the courts, or at least the perception of it, but they also undermine the credibility of the judiciary in the eyes of the public.