Publications
Selection of judges in the Kyrgyz Republic and international standards on judicial independence: Final Report, 30 March 2012
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Upon request of the newly established Council for the Selection of Judges (CSJ) of the Kyrgyz Republic, a number of organizations and donors hosted a training seminar for the members of the Council on 3-4 November 2011. The seminar was co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, the EU-funded EU-UNDP Kyrgyz Republic Legal Framework Support Project, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan, and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). As a result of the seminar and meetings, stakeholders of judicial reform in Kyrgyzstan including Members of Parliament, a representative of the Presidential Administration, members of civil society and the CSJ members, requested that the main recommendations and observations made during the seminar be officially shared with the relevant authorities in Kyrgyzstan. The present report serves this purpose and is intended to provide some guidance and additional considerations for the continuing reform debate related to the selection of judges in the Kyrgyz Republic
Report- Survey on Media, Media Freedoms and Democracy in Montenegro
Publishing date: 2 November 2011
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report is an analysis of a survey on the media, and freedom of the media, in Montenegro. It includes the views of media professionals on laws, analyses key problems based on the opinions of media professionals and identifies threats to the freedom of the media.
Guidelines for the Use of Physical Force, Special Means and Firearms Involved in Public Order Management
Publishing date: 17 November 2011
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Good governance, Policing, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Guidelines for Conducting Negotiations
Publishing date: 17 November 2011
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Good governance, Policing, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Manual for access to rights to social child protection
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The guide is intended primarily for employees in Roma Information Centers (RIC) to be a useful tool that will provide equality and accessibility to users of the Roma community to the process of realization of social rights and child protection. It has been developed in order to create a common approach of all stakeholders to the realization of social rights and child protection, to improve understanding of the process of exercising rights and to provide details on the process of realization of rights in the field of social and child protection. This guide is not available in English.
Civil Code Commentaries Part 3
Publishing date: 20 October 2011
Collections: Civil code commentaries
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Good governance, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A commentary on the Civil Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which entered into force on 1 March 1997. This volume is not available in English.
Civil Code Commentaries Part 2
Publishing date: 19 October 2011
Collections: Civil code commentaries
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Good governance, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A commentary on the Civil Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which entered into force on 1 March 1997. This volume is not available in English.
Defining and Prosecuting the Crime of Human Trafficking
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
Collections: Legal System Monitoring Reports
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report examines the misapplication of the law, and concludes that the failure of legal practitioners to apply the legal offence of trafficking correctly hinders the ability of the Kosovo courts to respond the crime of human trafficking.
Interpretations of Armenian Cassation Court decisions
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication designed by the Association of Judges in partnership with the Cassation Court with the support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan comprises legal reviews, analysis, and interpretations of selected decisions of the Armenian Cassation Court. It provides a detailed analysis of 30 decisions on most controversial criminal cases relating to human rights issues. Not available in English.
The Kosovo Croats of Viti/Vitina Municipality: A Vulnerable Community
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe