Publications
Handbook on Social Detention Facilities Monitoring
Publishing date: 30 January 2018
Collections: National Preventive Mechanism Library
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Handbook consolidates key aspects of social detention facilities monitoring in the framework of the national preventive mechanism (NPM) in Ukraine. It describes specific features of private social care institutions, psychiatric hospitals, orphanages and geriatric boarding centres of social and psychological rehabilitation for children. The Handbook provides recommendations on how to conduct interviews with different groups of clients, describes the types of documents that shall be examined, and outlines with with principles a monitor must comply. The publication will be useful for NPM monitors, social detention facilities staff, civic activists and all those interested in the problems of ill-treatment prevention in closed institutions in Ukraine. The handbook is available only in Ukrainian.
Application of the National Legislation in the Area of Countering Hate Speech
Publishing date: 15 January 2018
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This document is an overview of the application of national legislation in the area of countering hate speech. The study reflects general trends and focuses on the most prominent signs of hate speech. The document provides description of specific lawsuits related to manifestations of hate speech, examples of evaluations on controversial journalistic materials by media self-regulatory organizations and provides recommendations on effective response to instances of hate speech at the legislative level. The study was carried out within the Project "Supporting Conflict-Sensitive Journalism in Ukraine", implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. The conclusions and views expressed in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine.
Overview of the Process and Challenges of Reforming the Municipal Print Media
Publishing date: 27 December 2017
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This document is a result of the research of the process of reforming municipal print media carried out in September-December 2017. The research aimed to determine the main trends of the reform, identify factors that hinder the reform’s implementation and execution of reform measures in the established period. The document will be useful to representatives of state authorities, non-governmental organizations and media that directly or indirectly conduct activities related to the reform of state and municipal print media. The study of the reform dynamics and the challenges faced by municipal print media undergoing the reform was carried out within the Project "Further Support of the State-Owned and Municipal Print Media Reform", implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator Project in Ukraine. The conclusions and views expressed in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine. The publication is available only in Ukrainian.
Materials of the course “Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights” for training participants
Publishing date: 27 December 2017
Collections: Publications on human rights protection within “Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts” Project
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication is a result of scientific and methodological work on the standardized course for judges “Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights”. It includes materials prepared by the working group on course development within the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine’s "Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts" Project. The course is developed in the format of interactive training with due regard to the best international practices in judicial education. This is one of the courses developed and institutionalized in cooperation with the National School of Judges of Ukraine, the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the High Administrative Court of Ukraine within the Project "Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts", implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine with the financial support of the Government of Canada. The publication is available only in Ukrainian.
Environmental Assessment and Recovery Priorities for Eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 13 December 2017
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication “Environmental Assessment and Recovery Priorities for Eastern Ukraine” incorporates existing information from various sources on impact and threats to the environment posed by a conflict in Eastern Ukraine. The publication highlights the main results of studies on soils, surface waters, risks from industrial enterprises and flooding of mines, and analyzes the issues of influence on the condition of forest resources, protected areas and biodiversity. The analysis elaborated recommendations for environmental recovery, prioritized as “yesterday”, “today”, “tomorrow” and “day after tomorrow”. The publication was prepared with the financial support from governments of Canada and Austria within the joint project of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine “Assessment of Environmental Damage in Eastern Ukraine”.
Handbook on criminal procedure
Publishing date: 22 November 2017
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A handbook on criminal procedure, written in co-authorship by Professor Leonid Loboyko and Oleksandr Banchuk, Ph.D., developed and published with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. The handbook covers main issues of criminal procedure. Considerable attention is given to European standards of human rights protection in criminal procedure. Available in Ukrainian only.
Handbook on criminal law
Publishing date: 22 November 2017
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A handbook on criminal law, written in co-authorship by Professor Oleksandr Dudorov and Professor Mykola Khavroniuk (under the general editorship of Professor Mykola Khavroniuk), developed and published with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. The handbook covers main issues of the general and specific parts of the criminal law of Ukraine. It also discusses international and European criminal law, as well as criminal law of foreign countries. Available in Ukrainian only.
Handbook on general administrative law
Publishing date: 22 November 2017
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A handbook on general administrative law, written in co-authorship by Professor Roman Melnik and Professor Volodymyr Bevzenko, developed and published with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. The structure and text content of the handbook are conditioned by modern Ukrainian and European administrative law doctrines. Considerable attention is devoted to case-law analysis. Available in Ukrainian only.
Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
Publishing date: 20 November 2017
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This manual is designed to assist judges-trainers in teaching the standardized course “Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights” in training format at the National School of Judges of Ukraine. The course is based on interactive training methods and international best practices in judicial education. The manual includes materials prepared by the working group on course development within the Project "Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts" implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine with the financial support of the Government of Canada. This is one of the courses developed and institutionalized in cooperation with the National School of Judges of Ukraine, the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the High Administrative Court of Ukraine within the Project "Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts". The manual is available only in Ukrainian.
Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
Publishing date: 20 November 2017
Collections: Publications on human rights protection within “Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts” Project
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This manual is designed to assist judges-trainers in teaching the standardized course “Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights” in training format at the National School of Judges of Ukraine. The course is based on interactive training methods and international best practices in judicial education. The manual includes materials prepared by the working group on course development within the Project "Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts" implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine with the financial support of the Government of Canada. This is one of the courses developed and institutionalized in cooperation with the National School of Judges of Ukraine, the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the High Administrative Court of Ukraine within the Project "Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts". The manual is available only in Ukrainian.