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Montenegro: Preliminary Opinion on the Law of Montenegro on Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns
Publishing date: 15 September 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Preliminary Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a joint request from the Vice President of the Parliament of Montenegro and one of the Co-Chairs of the Committee on Comprehensive Electoral Reform.
Poland: Opinion on Two Bills of the Republic of Poland on the Constitutional Tribunal (Sejm Prints no. 253 and 254, as of 24 July 2024)
Publishing date: 5 September 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Chair of the Justice and Human Rights Committee of the Sejm (the lower house of the Parliament of Poland)
Poland: Urgent Note on Judges and Prosecutors’ Access to Classified Information, Security Clearance and Respect for Judicial Independence and Prosecutorial Autonomy and Independence
Publishing date: 22 August 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Urgent Note was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Minister of Justice of Poland.
Poland: Note on the Effects of Decisions of Judges Appointed in a Deficient Manner
Publishing date: 22 August 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Note was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland.
Moldova: Opinion on Law on the External Evaluation of Judges and Candidates for the Position of Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice
Publishing date: 9 July 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Good governance, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the People’s Advocate of the Republic of Moldova.
Report on the evaluation (pre-vetting) of candidates for members of the Superior Council of Magistracy in Moldova
Publishing date: 29 September 2023
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Good governance, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Report: Eighth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia
Publishing date: 9 January 2023
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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).
Report: Towards a Culture of Accountability of Councils for the Judiciary
Publishing date: 15 February 2022
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The report “Towards a Culture of Accountability of Councils for the Judiciary” was undertaken for ODIHR by Judge Kees Sterk, Endowed Professor of Administration of European Justice, University of Maastricht, Former President of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) (2018 –
Independence of Prosecutors in Central Europe: ODIHR Webinar Report
Publishing date: 2 February 2022
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
On 20 October 2021, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Prosecutor’s Office of Estonia co-organized a webinar on the topic of independence of prosecutors in Central Europe, with an emphasis on functional independence of prosecutors.
Head of presence's remarks in the training of the special regime's prison staff on the human rights compliant management of high-risk prisoners
Publishing date: 30 November 2021
Content type: Statement / speech
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Good governance, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe