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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.
Background Paper on Solidarity with Victims of Terrorism
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
Collections: Documents Related to Human Rights and Anti-terrorism, Anti-terrorism, Background papers
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Countering terrorism
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Onati, 9-10 March 2005
Report on Technical Workshop on Solidarity with Victims of Terrorism
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Journal of the 565th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 28 July 2005
Collections: 565th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Permanent Council Decision No. 659
Publishing date: 27 January 2005
Collections: 542nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Decision / declaration
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Dates of the OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism and on Other Forms of Intolerance
Permanent Council Decision No. 658
Publishing date: 27 January 2005
Collections: 542nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Decision / declaration
Where we are: Permanent Council
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Dates of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Recommendations from the NGO Preparatory Meeting for the Tolerance Implementation Meeting on Promoting Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and Inter-Ethnic Understanding
Publishing date: 19 July 2006
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Introductory note for the joint ILO-OSCE workshop on security in ports
Publishing date: 18 July 2006
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Joint OSCE/ILO (International Labour Organization) 'Workshop on Security in Ports', in close co-operation with the Port of Antwerp and the Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center (APEC), Antwerp, 4-6 October 2006.
Environment and security: transforming risks into co-operation
Publishing date: 26 May 2006
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Croatia: Draft Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on the State Election Commission
Publishing date: 26 May 2006
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe