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Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Election Code of Georgia as of 8 January 2016
Publishing date: 14 March 2016
From 15 to 18 February 2016, a delegation made up of Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR experts participated in a working visit to Tbilisi. The delegation met with the Speaker of the Parliament, representatives from parliamentary and non-parliamentary parties, the Central Election Commission (CEC), the presidential administration, and civil society as well as international organisations working in the electoral field in Georgia. The scope of this joint opinion covers only the amendments submitted for review and analyses them against relevant international obligations and standards, in particular those of the Council of Europe, and OSCE commitments, as well as good practice from other OSCE participating States and Council of Europe member states. It also refers to the relevant recommendations made in previous OSCE/ODIHR and Venice Commission joint opinions and previous OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly reports from observation missions to Georgia.
Opening remarks by Michael Georg Link at the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting, Vienna, 14 April 2016
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
Collections: Speeches by Director Michael Link
Kazakhstan, Early Parliamentary Elections, 20 March 2016: Interim report
Publishing date: 11 March 2016
Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
Collections: 1079th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
1079th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Status Report as of 9 March 2016
Publishing date: 10 March 2016
This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 9 March 2016.
Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 10 March 2016
Collections: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media's Statements and Regular reports to the Permanent Council
Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for the period from 27 November 2015 through 10 March 2016.
Hate Monitor Report, February 2016
Publishing date: 10 March 2016
Hate Monitor is a monthly visualization of the Mission’s hate crimes monitoring data. It presents the latest data on all known bias-motivated incidents and responses to these incidents by the justice sector, local authorities, and civil society throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Journal of the 1082nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
Collections: 1082nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Mr. Simon Eugster. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. International Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December 2015. Freedom of the media in the OSCE area. Release of human rights activist Ms. L. Yunusova in Azerbaijan. The death penalty in the United States of America and abolition of the death penalty in Mongolia. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.
Statement by the Luxembourgian EU Presidency on the situation in and around Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 October 2015
799th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Statement by the Delegation of Ukraine on the situation in and around Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 October 2015
799th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation