Documents library
INTERIM JOINT OPINION ON THE DRAFT LAW OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC ON THE MASS MEDIA
Publishing date: 31 August 2023
Collections: Legal reviews
This legal analysis was prepared jointly by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. This Joint Opinion has benefited from contributions made by Dr. Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Professor in Human Rights Law and Associate Dean for Research and Impact, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool; Ms. Nevena Krivokapić Martinović, Attorney at Law specialized on media, intellectual property and IT law; and Ms. Tamara Otiashvili, Senior Legal Expert in Human Rights and Democratic Governance. Based on an unofficial English translation of the Draft Law commissioned by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Draft Agenda and Concept Note
Publishing date: 11 September 2023
2023 Prague Forum on the Economic and Environmental Dimension of the OSCE Draft Agenda and Concept Note
Response by the Delegation of Estonia to the Questionnaire on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Publishing date: 23 August 2023
Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Remarks of the OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid at the side-event of the Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Publishing date: 6 September 2023
Collections: Speeches, statements and articles by former OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid (2020-2024)
Breaking barriers and cracking ceilings: overcoming challenges to women’s entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans. Side-event of the Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Tetovo, North Macedonia.
Remarks of the OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid at the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Conference
Publishing date: 5 September 2023
Collections: Speeches, statements and articles by former OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid (2020-2024)
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Conference in Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia
Response by the Delegation of the United States of America to the Questionnaire on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Publishing date: 21 August 2023
Information Exchange on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Information Exchange by the Delegation of the United States of America on Conventional Arms Transfer
Publishing date: 21 August 2023
Conventional Arms Transfer
Hate Monitor Report, July 2023
Publishing date: 31 August 2023
It is important to know what a hate crime is. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.
