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Comments on the Law on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Publishing date: 1 May 2002

Collections: Election-related Legal Opinions and Comments

Content type: Report

Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

This assessment reviews and comments on the “Act No.247/1995 of September 27, 1995 on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic and on the Amendment of Certain other Laws”, in the version provided by the OSCE ODIHR. The assessment is based on a reading and analysis of English translations of the mentioned law and the Czech constitution. This analysis was prepared by Michael Meyer, legal expert. It should be noted that any legal review based on translated laws may be affected by issues of interpretation resulting from translation. This does not imply that the translations used are defective in any way, but simply that translation from one language to another occurs in the context of the different semantic rules of the two languages.

English

Statement at the Permanent Council

Publishing date: 31 October 2002

Collections: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media's Statements and Regular reports to the Permanent Council

Content type: Statement / speech

Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Statement by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, on the arrest of Sergeit Duvanov, a prominent Kazakh journalist

English

Journal of the 311th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Publishing date: 23 November 2000

Content type: Conference / meeting document

Where we are: Permanent Council

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Agenda of the meeting

Memorandum of understanding between the Government of Ukraine and the OSCE

Publishing date: 13 July 1999

Content type: Legal document

Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

MoU concerning the creation of a new form of co-operation between Ukraine and the OSCE, 13 July 1999.

Correspondence between HCNM and the Slovak Republic regarding national minorities

Publishing date: 4 November 1998

Content type: Letter

Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Letter from High Commissioner on National Minorities Max van der Stoel to the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic regarding national minority rights in the Slovak Republic, and the response of the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic.

English

Review 4: The Criminal Justice System in Kosovo (September 2001- February 2002)

Publishing date: 29 April 2002

Content type: Report

Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo

What we do: Human rights

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Issues such as independence of the judiciary, detention authority exercised by executive or military organs, and continuous arbitrary detention of the mentally ill in Kosovo represent the major areas of concern that this review will address.