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All OSCE participating States have committed to ensuring full respect, protection and promotion of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. This report presents the findings of ODIHR’s sixth peaceful assembly monitoring cycle, conducted in Estonia, France, Moldova and Romania, between May 2022 and June 2024. The goal of the monitoring was to identify gaps and challenges, as well as examples of good practices, in order to provide recommendations to all participating States on meeting their human dimension commitments related to the protection of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly.

This report presents the key findings and recommendations brought forward during a regional workshop for Central Asia on ‘Detention Monitoring and the Protection of Human Rights while Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization to Terrorism (VERLT) in Prisons’. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 29-30 November 2022 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

This report presents the key findings and recommendations brought forward during a regional workshop for South East Europe on ‘Detention Monitoring and the Protection of Human Rights While Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization to Terrorism (VERLT) in Prisons’. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (OMBiH), on 13-14 September 2023 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In anticipation of an invitation from the authorities of the Republic of Tajikistan to observe the 2 March 2025 parliamentary elections, and in accordance with its mandate, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) undertook a Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) from 16 to 18 December 2024. The NAM included Keara Castaldo and Kseniya Dashutsina, ODIHR Senior Election Advisers. The purpose of the mission was to assess the pre-election environment and the preparations for the parliamentary elections. Based on this assessment, the NAM recommends whether to deploy an ODIHR election-related activity for the forthcoming elections, and if so, what type of activity best meets the identified needs. Meetings were held with officials from state institutions and the election administration, as well as with representatives of political parties, media, civil society and the resident international community. A list of meetings is annexed to this report.

This Final Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following an initial request of 21 March 2024 from the Chair of the Justice and Human Rights Committee of the Sejm of Poland.

This Comprehensive Assessment Report was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a joint request by the Secretary General of the Parliament of Montenegro and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the lawmaking process in Montenegro.