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Report of the 7th South East Europe Media Conference, 17-18 September 2020.

Outcomes document of the 7th South East Europe Media Conference, 17-18 September 2020.

The report, prepared by independent experts, touches upon issues that are relevant for the implementation of the Serbian Media Strategy and its Action Plan. The report was produced with support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Serbia.

Interview of the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Ambassador Orizio for the Serbian daily newspaper Danas, 28 April 2020. (In Serbian)

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.

Farewell op-ed by Ambassador Peter Burkhard, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, 1 October 2016

Gaining a Digital Edge: Freedom of Expression, Vienna, 14-15 September 2016

This study focuses on disciplinary accountability of judges in Serbia. It t provides an overview of international standards in this area, deals with the legal framework of disciplinary accountability of judges in Serbia, analyses the practices in establishing the disciplinary accountability of judges, and outlines the specific recommendations for improving the legal practice in the field of disciplinary accountability of judges in Serbia.

This report is the result of joint efforts by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to monitor the nomination and election processes for peer elections of judges and prosecutors in Serbia to the High Judicial Council (HJC) and the State Prosecutors’ Council (SPC), respectively, conducted from October to December 2015. The Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), a Serbian nongovernmental organization, also served as an implementing partner. This monitoring was conducted in consideration of ongoing judicial and legal reform initiatives in Serbia as part of a broader National Justice Reform Strategy and ongoing reforms for accession to the European Union (EU). Activities included monitoring nomination processes (in selected courts and prosecutor’s offices), monitoring peer elections across Serbia, analyzing the underlying legal framework, and interviewing judges and prosecutors who participated in the process.

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in co-operation with the Faculty of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Security Studies of the University of Sarajevo, and in partnership with the OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Mission to Serbia and OSCE Mission to Skopje announces a call for papers on hate crimes, which will be presented at a conference on hate crimes in South-East Europe in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 8 November 2016.