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ODIHR Workshop on Roma Political Participation, Prague, 30 November- 1 December 2000
Publishing date: 30 November 2000
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Guidelines and agenda
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia: Assessment of the Election Legislation
Publishing date: 30 August 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report provides a brief assessment of the election legislation governing the forthcoming local and federal elections in Serbia and the FRY. It seeks to identify conflicts between the content of the legislation and best practice, appropriate international standards and OSCE commitments. It focuses on those particular areas of the legislation which may raise the risk of fraud or malpractice. The laws reviewed are those relating to presidential elections, elections of deputies to the Chamber of Citizens (the lower chamber of the federal parliament), elections of deputies to the Chamber of Republics (the upper chamber in the federal parliament) and elections of members of municipal assemblies in Serbia. The presidential election law was adopted on 24 July 2000 following amendments to the Constitution which allow for the direct election of the federal president. The president was previously elected by parliament, the Federal Assembly. The review of the Law on elections to the lower chamber takes into account the amendments introduced into that Law in July 2000.
Review of the Law on Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 22 August 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Since 1998, the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has been assisting the authorities of Azerbaijan to develop election legislation in line with OSCE commitments. In particular, in the course of 2000 the ODIHR provided assistance for the drafting of the Law on the Central Election Commission and the Law on Parliamentary Elections (the Law). On 30 May 2000, the ODIHR submitted to the authorities and representatives of political parties Preliminary Comments on the Law on Parliamentary Elections of the Republic of Azerbaijan (the Preliminary Comments), based on a draft Law provided by the authorities of Azerbaijan. Further discussions were subsequently held between the ODIHR experts and relevant authorities to clarify a number of the provisions contained in the draft Law. The following are Final Comments based on an unofficial translation of the Law, provided by the International Foundation for Election System. This document supplements the Preliminary Comments and is intended to be read in conjunction with that report. It provides comments on the final text as enacted on 5 July 2000 and amended on 21 July. The analysis emphasises some of the major areas of concern with the law and contains a number of recommendations for amendments and clarifications to improve the election legislation, in line with international standards and, in particular, the OSCE commitments formulated in the 1990 Copenhagen Document on the Human Dimension.
Montenegro, Municipal Elections, 11 June 2000: Final Report
Publishing date: 18 August 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
"Minority Protection, Integration and Stability in South-Eastern Europe", Bled, Slovenia
Publishing date: 23 February 2001
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Address by Max van der Stoel to the Conference on "Democracy, Human Rights and the Protection of Persons Belonging to Ethnic and Religious Minorities in South-Eastern Europe"
Consolidated summary of the first preparatory seminar for the 9th Economic Forum
Publishing date: 3 November 2000
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Preparatory seminar on transparency and good governance in economic matters, Almaty
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings, 19 June 2000: Final Report
Publishing date: 30 July 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Consolidated Summary of the 2000 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Publishing date: 27 October 2000
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues took place on 17-27 October 2000 in Warsaw.
Statement at the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 8 February 2001
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
OSCE/ODIHR Assessment of the Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus and of the Position of the Government of Belarus on the Electoral Code as Stated by the Central Election Commission of Belarus
Publishing date: 25 July 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This assessment comments on the Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus (“the Electoral Code”), including the position of the Government of Belarus, as stated by the Central Election Commission in written comments dated 22 June 2000.