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This Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in response to a request from the Executive Director of the Slovak National Center for Human Rights. 

This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the President of the Committee for Auditing Democratic Quality, the Fight against Corruption and Institutional and Legal Reforms of the Congress of Deputies of Spain sent to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in May 2017.

This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the OSCE in Vienna received by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in July 2017.

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 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

This Final Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Chairperson of the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland received by ODIHR in February 2017.

This Opinion was prepared in response to a request of the Deputy Minister of Justice of Moldova received by ODIHR in December 2015. It reviews the revised Draft Amendments communicated to ODIHR in February 2016.

These legal comments were prepared in response to a request from the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje received by ODIHR in February 2016.

This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Investigative Committee of Armenia received by ODIHR in June 2016.