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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.
Slovakia: Urgent Interim Opinion on Article I of the Draft Act on "Some Measures to Improve the Security Situation in the Slovak Republic"
Publishing date: 27 June 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Urgent Interim Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights following a request from the Executive Director of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights.
Georgia: Opinion on Two Organic Laws of Georgia Amending the Election Code and the Law on Political Unions of Citizens in Relation to Gender Quotas
Publishing date: 27 June 2024
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights following a request from the Public Defender of Georgia.
Ukraine: Opinion on the Draft Law on the Status of the Crimean Tatar People
Publishing date: 14 June 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
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 theh Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Georgia: Urgent Opinion on the Law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence"
Publishing date: 30 May 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Urgent Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Deputy Chairpersons of the Defense and Security Committee and of the Committee on Procedural Issues and Rules of the Parliament of Georgia.
Poland: Urgent Interim Opinion on the Bill Amending the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary
Publishing date: 12 April 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Urgent Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) folllowing a request from the Chair of the Justice and Human Rights Committee of the Sejm of Poland.
Moldova: Opinion on Certain Provisions of the Draft Law on the Status, Conduct, and Ethics of the Members of Parliament
Publishing date: 12 April 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
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 Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova for an assistance in the effort to strengthen institutional and individual integrity of the Parliament and parliamentarians as well as public accountability, including by providing a legal review of the relevant legislative proposals when they become available, to assess their compliance with international human rights standards and OSCE human dimension commitments.
Final Outcome Document of the OSCE-UNHCR Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 11 March 2024
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE-UNHCR Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe took place in Skopje on 17 October 2023. The Conference was co-organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and the OSCE Mission to Skopje (OMSk), under the auspices of the 2023 OSCE Chairpersonship of North Macedonia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Assessment of the Legislative Process
Publishing date: 10 January 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Assessment was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Georgia: Joint Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Election Code and to the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament
Publishing date: 20 December 2023
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Joint Opinion was prepared by the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.