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This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Human Rights Defender of Armenia received by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in June 2017.

This Opinion was prepared in response to a request received by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights from the First President of the Supreme Court of Poland in July 2017.

This project was implemented by the OSCE Presence in Albania (PiA) in collaboration with the Institute of Romani Culture in Albania (IRCA) as implementing partner, and the Central Election Commission. It was financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Note: This report was produced by IRCA, and it does not necessarily represent the views of the OSCE PiA.

This report provides a summary of a meeting of experts on participation of persons with disabilities in political and public life organized by ODIHR on 22 June 2017 in Skopje.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized the Sixth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia on 16-18 November 2016 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The event was held in partnership with the OSCE Field Operations in Central Asia, particularly the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Penal Reform International and the International Commission of Jurists. This report provides an overview of the discussions and highlights participants' recommendations and conclusions.

The report provides a summary of discussions, as well as key conclusions and recommendations made during a conference organized by OSCE/ODIHR in co-operation with the Latvian Contact Point of the European Migration Network, within the Latvian Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, in Riga on 22 and 23 March 2017.

The report provides a summary of an expert meeting on fair trial during states of conflict and emergency convened by OSCE/ODIHR in Warsaw on 27-28 October 2016. The report also sets out the proposals made by expert participants for action by ODIHR to assist OSCE participating States and civil

Academics from disciplines such as history, political sciences, international relations, law, economy and other relevant areas of expertise are invited to submit abstract proposals by 30 June 2017.

The Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights at the request of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria received in February 2017. It has benefited from contributions made by the National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).