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Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on looming enactment of new repressive legal measures in Belarus
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
584th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of the United Kingdom/EU Presidency on amendments to the Belarusian criminal code and criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
584th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Talking points of the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia at the regional conference on the implementation of the Civil Procedure Code
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Talking points of Ambassador Urstad at the regional conference "Improved civil procedure code implementation: practice in Serbia and the Region".
Human Dimension Seminar on Upholding the Rule of Law and Due Process in Criminal Justice Systems: Consolidated Summary
Publishing date: 24 July 2006
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the Delegation of the United Kingdom/EU Presidency on the Andijan Trial in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 24 November 2005
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
581st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of Canada on the verdicts of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan in the trial concerning the events in Andijan, Uzbekistan, on 12 and 13 May 2005
Publishing date: 17 November 2005
Collections: List of new releases
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
580th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of the United Kingdom/EU Presidency on the verdicts of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan in the trial concerning the events in Andijan, Uzbekistan, on 12 and 13 May 2005
Publishing date: 17 November 2005
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
580th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on Uzbekistan's Andijon trial verdicts
Publishing date: 17 November 2005
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
580th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
First Review of the Civil Justice System
Publishing date: 9 June 2006
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Review of Kosovo's Civil Justice System by the Department of Human Rights and Rule of Law or the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
Plea Agreements in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Practices before the courts and their compliance with international human rights standards
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
Collections: Rule of Law, additional reports and documents
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Plea agreements have become one of the core mechanisms within the criminal procedure of Bosnia and Herzegovina since its introduction in 2003. As part of the extensive reforms of the criminal justice system, this common law based mechanism allows prosecutors and defendants to negotiate aspects of sentencing, provided the defendant admits fully to the crime and agrees to give up certain key rights, such as the rights to public trial and to appeal. Following nearly two years of monitoring plea agreement proceedings, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (“OSCE”) believes that developments in the application of this mechanism deserve a full and thorough analysis. This thematic report looks specifically to discuss the degree to which the implementation fully complies with fundamental international human rights standards, including the right to a fair trial, as embodied in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In this regard, the Report aims to assist practitioners in identifying problem areas in its implementation and possible solutions, as well as to provide the public with greater information on the process.