Publications

The publication includes a compilation of legal regulations on the general competences of the Ombudsman.

The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2012 is intended to provide a concise update to highlight changes in the status of the death penalty in OSCE participating States and to promote constructive discussion of this issue. It covers the period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.

In this issue: The OSCE and its partners; Ban Ki-moon, Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Thorbjorn Jagland on co-operating with the OSCE; Interview with OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut; 20 years of the Copenhagen Document.

Prepared by the NGO "Proactive Society" with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan this public opinion survey aims to evaluate the prevalence of domestic violence and its patterns in Armenia, and identify public perception of the police work.

This manual was produced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to guide trainers and migration experts on how to conduct comprehensive labour migration training. It complements the OSCE-IOM-ILO Handbook on Establishing Effective Labour Migration Policies.

This guide was produced jointly by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and updated in 2012. It is primarily designed for training mid-level government officials, parliamentarians and representatives of social partners on how to gender-mainstream migration policy by looking at the legal protections in place for migrant workers at the national, regional and international levels; the latest policy developments related to the labour migration of women in countries of origin; admission and post-admission policies; measures to reduce irregular labour migration; and possibilities for international co-operation on labour migration.

This handbook provides domestic observer groups with methodologies and tools they can use to develop a comprehensive and systematic approach to election observation.

This book includes conventions, laws and normative acts and was published in partnership with the International Organization for Migration.

The publication is a collection of articles on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, introducing its history, and Armenia's and international experience in the implementation of the Code, and its practical recommendations. The volume was prepared by a group of experts from Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National Strategic Studies under the Armenian Ministry of Defence and a number of other bodies with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.