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Hate-motivated incidents are often violent manifestations of intolerance, which instill fear and divide communities. Tackling underlying prejudice is essential in combating the spread of these divisive actions. The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supports the work of government institutions, the criminal justice system, local authorities and civil society to effectively respond to these incidents. The 'Hate Monitor' provides a monthly update on incidents and responses throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Opinion on the Draft Law of Ukraine on Police and Police Activities (1 December 2014) notes that this Draft Law contains many positive aspects which correspond to international standards and good practices. Certain areas, however, would benefit from improvement: • the provisions of the Draft Law on the roles and responsibilities of individual police authorities/units, and on inter-agency cooperation mechanisms should be improved and clarified. • the Draft Law should enhance accountability of the police by including clear and independent complaints mechanisms, and should introduce specific provisions to ensure that key human rights standards are followed. • further discussions on the Draft Law should be conducted with all relevant stakeholders from different parts of society, and the Draft Law itself should undergo a proper and realistic impact assessment, including a full financial impact assessment.

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.

1019th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

The Municipal Anti-corruption Initiative (MAI) of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, launched in 2018 as part of the Mission’s programmatic focus to fight corruption at all government levels, included monitoring anti-corruption trends and processes within the sector of public management in local governance units (LGUs) across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and presenting the main findings and recommendations in the form of thematic reports. The first report, completed in 2019, assessed spaces for corruption in the provision of grants and in-kind support to civil society organizations. This report’s focus lies on presenting the key features of asset management system at the local level and identifying corruption risks in current procedures and practices in the management of immovable assets in 22 selected LGUs.

The Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia serves as a platform for knowledge and experience exchange among criminal justice stakeholders, promoting informed dialogue aimed at criminal justice reforms and policy development. The Forum has been organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) since 2008 within the framework of its rule of law programme, in partnership with the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Hate-motivated incidents are often violent manifestations of intolerance, which instill fear and divide communities. Tackling underlying prejudice is essential in combating the spread of these divisive actions. The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supports the work of government institutions, the criminal justice system, local authorities and civil society to effectively respond to these incidents. The 'Hate Monitor' provides a monthly update on incidents and responses throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1014th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1013th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council