Publications
ODIHR e-newsletter December 2009/January 2010
Publishing date: 9 February 2010
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice
Publishing date: 19 February 2010
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This tool includes descriptions and actual samples of successful education initiatives in the fields of human rights and democratic citizenship education, as well as educational practices aimed at fostering mutual respect and understanding. It covers key elements of successful human rights education, such as normative frameworks, the learning environment, teaching and learning tools, and professional development for educators and evaluation.
The Max van der Stoel Award Commemorative Book 2009
Publishing date: 1 October 2009
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Proceedings and winner of the Max van der Stoel Award ceremony 2009. The Max van der Stoel Award Commemorative Book 2009 provides an overview of the award ceremony, including key speeches by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, the foreign minister of the Netherlands and the laureate. It features the winner of the award, the Integration and Development Center for Information and Research, Crimea, Ukraine, and its activities to improve the position of national minorities in OSCE participating States.
2008 Yearbook of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 14 July 2009
Collections: RFoM publications in chronological order, Yearbooks of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The yearbook is a record of the activities undertaken by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media during 2008. Preface by Alexander Stubb, Foreword by Miklos Haraszti. Published in 2009.
The Processing of ICTYRule 11bis cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Reflections on findings from five years of OSCE monitoring
Publishing date: 1 January 2010
Collections: War crimes related documents and publications
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has actively assisted Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to implement justice sector reforms to better protect the human rights of individuals and to better administer justice. One of its focal areas has been on strengthening the capacity of the justice system to handle war crimes proceedings in a fair and efficient manner. BiH’s success in prosecuting war crimes has been an indicator of its ability to begin to overcome the past, foster reconciliation, and build strong institutions.
Witness Protection and Support in BiH Domestic War Crimes Trials: Obstacles and recommendations a year after adoption of the National Strategy for War Crimes Processing
Publishing date: 1 January 2010
Collections: War crimes related documents and publications
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Report deals solely with issues of protection and support related to witnesses involved in war crimes proceedings before BiH courts since 2004 to present. While many of the issues addressed herein relate to the specific category of victim witnesses, the scope of this Report is confined to issues faced with protection and support in the context of criminal proceedings, i.e. the general security situation of victims or need for psychological and social assistance among victims is not within the scope of this Report.
Age, Contact, Perceptions: How Schools Shape Relations Between Ethnicities
Publishing date: 1 January 2010
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A study carried out by among 4,000 students from 40 secondary schools countrywide in 2009. This study focuses primarily on the role of schools in shaping perceptions and the development of awareness of other ethnic groups, of positive and negative feelings towards other ethnic groups, as well as on teachers' comments about other ethnic communities and students' views of the causes of tensions among ethnic groups in schools.
Property Rights for Living Premises in Accordance with the Existing Legislation of Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 31 December 2009
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Concept paper published by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat and the Embassy of France in Turkmenistan, 2009 and not available in English.
Legal analysis: independence of the judiciary
Publishing date: 31 December 2009
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje analysis presents the findings of a countrywide survey on the independence of the judiciary as perceived and experienced by the judges of the host country.
Decentralization Survey 2009
Publishing date: 28 December 2009
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication presents the findings of a survey conducted by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje.