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Opening speech at the meeting of the Standing Committee
Publishing date: 9 October 2001
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Remarks by Adrian Severin, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, at the meeting of the Standing Committee, Portugal
Situation of media in Belarus
Publishing date: 1 May 2001
Collections: Country and special reports
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
International Conference of Human Rights and Democratisation in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Address by Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann
Publishing date: 8 October 2001
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Address by Amb. Gérard Stoudmann to the International Conference of Human Rights and Democratisation in Dubrovnik, Croatia
Journal of the 230th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council/Corrected reissue
Publishing date: 20 May 1999
Collections: 230th 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
Statement at the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 4 October 2001
Collections: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media's Statements and Regular reports to the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve: Media developments in Azerbaijan violate freedom of expression
Review of the Election Legislation for Election Disputes, Appeals and Penalties in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 April 2001
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
This report reviews key issues on the resolution of election disputes, appeals against election decisions and election offences and administrative violations under the law of Kazakhstan. It draws extensively on a detailed assessment prepared by Denis Petit, Legal Expert. The report also draws on other OSCE/ODIHR election reports on Kazakhstan, in particular the Review of the Legal Framework for the Parliamentary Elections (29 June 1999), supplemented by recommendations contained in the Needs Assessment Mission Report (25 August 1999), the Final Report on the October 1999 Parliamentary Elections (20 January 2000) and the Review of the Election Legislation for Parliamentary Elections (18 January 2001). The legal framework for the conduct of elections is provided by the Constitution, the Constitutional Law of 28 June 1999 on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan, provisions on election offences and violations contained in the Criminal Code and the new Administrative Violations Code, regulations adopted by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) and other acts. The principal source of election rules is the 1999 Law and chapter 11 of the new Administrative Violations Code.
Assessment of the Laws on Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in the Republic of Serbia (FYR)
Publishing date: 26 April 2001
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
This report provides an assessment of two laws of the Republic of Serbia, the Law on Elections of Members of Parliament and the Law on Elections of the President of the Republic. The parliamentary election law was adopted in October 2000. The presidential law dates from 1990. Under the Constitution of Serbia, the National Assembly is a unicameral body and consists of 250 members directly elected by secret ballot for a term of four years. The president is elected directly by secret ballot for a term of five years. Most of the key issues relating to the election and recall of the president are regulated by reference to the parliamentary election law. The report therefore focuses on the content of that law.
Statute on People's Advocate
Publishing date: 4 February 1999
Collections: Albanian laws and legal reviews
Content type: Legal document
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The object of this Statute is the adoption of the rules for the organisation and functioning of the People's Advocate.
Law on the People's Advocate
Publishing date: 4 February 1999
Collections: Albanian laws and legal reviews
Content type: Legal document
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Law no. 8454, dated 4 February 1999, On the People's Advocate
Ministerial Decision No.1: Enhancing the OSCE's Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, November 2000
Publishing date: 28 November 2000
Content type: Decision / declaration
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Enhancing the OSCE's efforts to combat trafficking in human beings