Publications

 

A factsheet about ODIHR’s work in supporting legal reform in participating States by reviewing, upon request, individual pieces of draft and existing legislation to ensure clarity and coherence, as well as compliance with OSCE commitments and international human rights standards.

This manual, available in Serbian language, serves as a teaching tool for university students participating in the legal clinics’ programme. It helps them develop interviewing skills necessary for work with the beneficiaries. The Network of Legal Clinics in Serbia published the manual in 2010 with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The Office produced the booklet “Children and the Internet” within its project on Support to Building Capacity in Countering Cyber-Crime-2013. The booklet aims to raise the awareness of parents on internet threats and the necessary control measures in consultation with key stakeholders. Development of this booklet was the Office’s humble contribution to host country’s efforts to expand safe internet practices and to strengthen parental control. The Office disseminated these booklets through internet providers and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies. The poster is only available in Azerbaijani.

The report reassesses progress by relevant institutions towards sustainable reintegration of repatriated persons. While there have been significant improvements since 2011, full implementation of the new legal and policy framework is crucial.

This factsheet provides information on ODIHR’s interactive tool on freedom of association for government authorities and civil society.

The OSCE Office in Baku developed this report based on the findings collected by the trial monitoring team over the period from July until December 2013. The team assessed and analysed the collected data based on the applicable national legislation and international standards. The monitoring activities were carried out in line with the trial monitoring methodology developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

A three-month long campaign titled “Your Language is Your Right” is aimed at raising public awareness of available language protection and complaints mechanisms, as well as of the Language Commissioner`s role. Posters, leaflets and radio spots produced during the campaign in the Albanian, Romani, Serbian and Turkish languages have been distributed and aired across Kosovo. A poster in English is not available.

This yearbook is a record of the activities undertaken by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media during 2012. Preface by the 2012 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Eamon Gilmore; foreword by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović.