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The Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Selected OSCE Participating States
Publishing date: 28 July 2021
The report provides an analysis of findings of ODIHR's assessment visits to the Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy, Mongolia and Montenegro, undertaken as part of the first country-specific assessment cycle focused on human rights defenders. The objective of this initiative was to examine the
Council of Europe guidelines on prohibition and dissolution of political parties and analogous measures
Publishing date: 29 September 2004
Collections: Freedoms of assembly and association
Review of the Election Legislation for Election Disputes, Appeals and Penalties in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 April 2001
This report reviews key issues on the resolution of election disputes, appeals against election decisions and election offences and administrative violations under the law of Kazakhstan. It draws extensively on a detailed assessment prepared by Denis Petit, Legal Expert. The report also draws on other OSCE/ODIHR election reports on Kazakhstan, in particular the Review of the Legal Framework for the Parliamentary Elections (29 June 1999), supplemented by recommendations contained in the Needs Assessment Mission Report (25 August 1999), the Final Report on the October 1999 Parliamentary Elections (20 January 2000) and the Review of the Election Legislation for Parliamentary Elections (18 January 2001). The legal framework for the conduct of elections is provided by the Constitution, the Constitutional Law of 28 June 1999 on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan, provisions on election offences and violations contained in the Criminal Code and the new Administrative Violations Code, regulations adopted by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) and other acts. The principal source of election rules is the 1999 Law and chapter 11 of the new Administrative Violations Code.
Quarterly Selection 3/2021
Publishing date: 12 October 2021
Collections: Quarterly Selections 2021
July- September 2021
Statement by the Delegation of Norway, opening session
Publishing date: 13 September 2004
Statement at the OSCE Conference on Tolerance and the Fight against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, Brussels, 13 and 14 September 2004.
Combating technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings in Central Asia and across the OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation
Publishing date: 3 September 2021
Highlights of the 2021 Roundtable on tech-facilitated THB in Central Asia.
Statement by the Delegation of Norway in response to the Report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Ambassador Alexey Rogov, and by the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Dr. Alexander Wolters
Publishing date: 10 June 2021
Collections: 1319th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
1319th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Portuguese EU Presidency in response to the address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić
Publishing date: 10 June 2021
Collections: 1319th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
1319th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Response by the Delegation of Latvia to the Questionnaire on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Publishing date: 22 June 2021
Information Exchange on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Georgia: Urgent Joint Opinion on Revised Draft Amendments to the Election Code
Publishing date: 18 June 2021
This Joint Urgent Opinion was prepared at the request of the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, addressed to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in March 2021. The Opinion was issued by the Venice Commission on 30 April 2021 and will be presented to the Venice Commission for endorsement at its 127th Plenary Session on 2-3 July 2021.