Publications

This analysis of the practical application of pretrial detention, as well as of the theoretical legal framework laid down in the Criminal Procedure Code1 of 2010 (hereinafter referred to as CPC 2010), which introduced conceptual reforms of national criminal procedure legislation, introducing elements typical of accusatorial systems, is the result of the cooperation between the Macedonian Association of Criminal Law and Criminology and the OSCE Mission to Skopje Rule of Law Department. The information in the analysis refer to the first nine months of enforcement of the CPC 2010, namely to the period between 1 December 2013 and 31 August 2014, and to four basic courts (Bitola, Gostivar, Skopje and Shtip). The publication is in English, Macedonian and Albanian languages.

The OSCE Annual Report provides an overview of the Organization's activities in its field operations and institutions as well as co-operation with other international organizations.

This guidance note on Integrating a Gender Perspective into Internal Oversight within Armed Forces, developed by OSCE/ODIHR, DCAF and the OSCE Gender Section, is a practical resource for militaries, and for those who manage and support them. It can help an armed forces move beyond a policy commitment to integrate gender ̶ by designating responsibilities, by monitoring how gender issues are addressed in human resource management and in operations, and by strengthening responses to misconduct.

Inside the magazine: Interview with 2014 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister and President of the Confederation Didier Burkhalter; Conventional Arms Control; Cross-border Co-operation on the shores of the Barents Sea; Vera Gracheva: a personal responsibility to fight human trafficking; the Swiss NGO Geneva Call.

In this issue: Confidence building in the OSCE; time to act on Roma and Sinti inclusion; sports and the spirit of co-operation; conference interpretation.

This monograph by a group of authors under the title Prosecutorial Investigation – regional criminal procedure legislation and experiences in application, which is issued by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, addresses one of the most current issues relating to the process of the reform of criminal procedure laws, not only of the countries in the region (Serbia, BiH, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Montenegro), but in a much wider context.

The OSCE's new magazine: Ukraine takes the lead; Helsinki +40; good governance; 20 years High Commissioner on National Minorities.

The Guide on Discrimination grounds is a systematized and analytical review of discrimination grounds, based on consideration of existing definitions (and their integral parts) set forth under international and domestic law, international and national case law of courts and various treaty bodies, as well as in academic and grey literature.

The purpose of this Reference Guide is to provide recommendations surrounding the eight fundamental principles of the UN Guidance for Effective Mediation as they pertain to the OSCE context. It intends to offer practical guidance for OSCE representatives who are directly involved in designing, implementing, and evaluating mediation and dialogue facilitation engagements in the field.

This Handbook on Promoting Women’s Participation in Political Parties aims at encouraging political party leaders, men and women alike, to support the integration of gender aspects into internal political party decision-making processes. It also seeks to develop the capacity of women politicians to advance their political careers. The key finding that has emerged during the development of this handbook is that internal party reform is critical to women’s advancement. A lack of internal party democracy and transparency, the absence of gender-sensitivity in candidate selection and outreach, as well as the failure to decentralize party decision-making processes, all inhibit women’s opportunities to advance as leaders within parties and as candidates for elected office. To this end, the handbook provides a valuable overview of voluntary measures that political parties can adopt to enhance gender equality within party structures, processes, policies and activities, as a means to provide both women and men equal opportunities to participate meaningfully in the political life of OSCE participating States.