Publications
Relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights with comments: Hate speech and hate crimes
Publishing date: 30 August 2017
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication includes case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in relation to hate crimes and hate speech cases. This collection analyzes cases when it comes to speech that incited hatred with particular reference to the case-law of some of the extreme forms of speech that were problematized before the ECtHR. The purpose of this collection is through brief comments on the most interesting judgments and decisions on hate speech and hate crimes, to clarify the standards that the Court has set before the States Parties to the Convention. Not available in English.
Guide on discrimination grounds
Publishing date: 25 March 2014
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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.
Handbook for training judges on anti-discrimination law
Publishing date: 25 March 2014
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Handbook is intended as a simple tool providing basic guidance to judges on identifying discrimination and rendering judgements.
Discrimination in job advertisements, investigative report
Publishing date: 1 November 2013
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The research report contains results of a survey of discrimination in job advertisements. It was conducted based on a sample of 988 advertisements, published in four daily newspapers and one web portal from 15 April to 15 September 2013. The research is the first of its kind in the country and has several benefits.
Guidelines on the role of Commission for Protection against Discrimination in court proceedings and shifting of burden of proof
Publishing date: 1 November 2013
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The guide explains the meaning, scope, open questions and discussions about the role of Commission for Protection against Discrimination during court proceedings, and it gives examples of the practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, in order to assist legal practitioners in their understanding and application.
Compilation of legal regulations
Publishing date: 8 February 2012
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication includes a compilation of legal regulations on the general competences of the Ombudsman.
Compilation of legal regulations – Ombudsman of the republic of Macedonia National preventive mechanism
Publishing date: 8 February 2012
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication includes a compilation of legal regulations stipulating the role of the Ombudsman as National Preventive Mechanism.
Discrimination based on ethnicity
Publishing date: 1 December 2010
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication looks into the state of discrimination based on ethnicity. This survey, or situational analysis, was carried out in the second half of 2010 by the Macedonian Center for International Co-operation (MCIC), at the initiative by OSCE and with the support of the Secretariat for the Implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (SIOFA).
Comparative overview of European anti-discrimination legislation
Publishing date: 2 January 2006
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The report makes a comparison of anti-discrimination legislation of 25 EU member countries fully described in national reports by the European network of legal experts in the field of anti-discrimination.