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In the course of 2018, with an aim of supporting judicial and criminal justice reform, the OSCE Mission to Skopje supported trial monitoring of general crime cases before competent courts in all four appellate regions in the country, carried out by the civil society organization ‘All for Fair Trials’ Coalition, a network of 14 civil society organizations (CSOs). The trial monitoring aimed at increasing the public scrutiny over the justice sector by strengthening the capacities for sustainable and systematic trial monitoring by CSOs resulting in this analysis, which provides an insight into the implementation of the Law on Criminal Procedure. In addition, the analysis also offers recommendations for future interventions and activities aimed at enhancing the capacities of the judicial system in the country which, in turn, should lead to increased public trust in the legal system. English version starts from page 121.

The Special Prosecutor's Office (SPO) was established by Parliament of North Macedonia in September 2015, pursuant to an EU-brokered political agreement to overcome the political crisis that arose following the 2015 wiretap scandal. The report follows the first interim report published in August 2018, covering the establishment of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the developments of its cases up to the confirmation of the indictment stage. The second report, resulting from OSCE Mission to Skopje's trial monitoring observations, covers twenty cases in which the SPO filed indictments by its statutory deadline of 30 June 2017.

This report is based on discussions during a roundtable on international best practices and models to support print media, held on 4-5 September 2018 in Popova Shapka. Special acknowledgement is given to the active role of the Association for Print Media (APM), which has coordinated previous discussions among its members and has contributed to the formulation of policy recommendations for short- and long-term government measures aimed at supporting the sustainable development of print media.

In the interview for MIA news agency, the Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Clemens Koja, speaks about current political developments and Mission's work.

The Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) was established by Parliament in September 2015, pursuant to an EU-brokered political agreement to overcome the political crisis that arose following the 2015 wiretap scandal. This report is the result of the OSCE Mission to Skopje’s trial monitoring observations of cases under the competence of the SPO. This interim report focuses primarily on the 20 cases in which the SPO filed indictments by the statutory deadline. It contains a factual overview of the charges in those cases and analyses relevant developments up to and including confirmation of the indictments, with a specific focus on precautionary measures and the controversy over the admissibility of the wiretaps. In addition, this report includes information related to four cases initially prosecuted by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO), and taken over by the SPO, as well as an overview of publicly available information related to ongoing SPO investigations.

Conclusions and Recommendations from the 5th Annual South East Media Conference

The analysis, prepared by the Coalition ‘All for Fair Trials', and supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, provides an insight into the implementation of the novel provisions in the Law on Criminal Procedure. It also offers recommendations for future activities and reforms aimed at enhancing the capacities of the judicial system in the country which, in turn, would lead to increased public trust in the legal system. The Coalition is a network of fourteen citizen associations monitoring criminal trials before competent courts in all four appellate regions in the country. English version starts from page 55.

This declaration serves as a condemnation of the shooting of the investigative journalist, Olivera Lakić, on of 8 May 2018 in Montenegro. The declaration was approved by the participants of the OSCE South East Europe Conference in Struga, 10 May 2018.

This research helps people with disabilities to overcome the problem they encounter with failing to implement the appropriate adjustment. It also assists the authors of labor policy and the national authorities and bodies that are in charge of working to reduce this phenomenon. This Research Report includes relevant data about the issue related to the appropriate workplace adjustment for people with disabilities, who are grouped on different bases, and enables drawing of conclusions relevant to the work of Anti-discrimination Commission. Not available in English.

In the course of 2016, the OSCE Mission to Skopje implemented the project “Enhancing the independence, transparency and efficiency of the judiciary through trial monitoring together with the Coalition “All for Fair Trials”, a network of 14 citizen associations monitoring criminal trials before competent courts in all four appellate regions in the country. The trial monitoring was specifically focused on the application of the new Law on Criminal Procedure in the basic courts and it resulted in the analysis presented hereby which, besides providing an insight into the implementation of the new Law, also offers recommendations for future activities and reforms aimed at enhancing the capacities of the judicial system in the country which, in turn, would lead to increased public trust in the legal system.