Publications

The OSCE Mission supported the Institute for improvement of education in writing comprehensive Manuals that will help teachers in delivery of the new concept of the civic education, introduced in Serbian schools gradually, throughout 2018 and 2019. The Manuals covers four areas of the civic

In the framework of its “Family Crime Prevention” project, the PCUz developed a toolkit for the judiciary on the methodology of working with victims of domestic violence and with potential offenders to protect the rights of victims to handle domestic violence cases more efficiently. The toolkit determines what domestic violence is, what its specific signs and patterns are. This toolkit covers international standards and national legislation to counter domestic violence, women's access to justice and specific court cases along with international good practices on tackling domestic violence. Available in Uzbek and Russian languages.

The Study on the Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities in Courts and Prosecutor’s Offices in the Republic of Serbia explores the implementation of selected HCNM Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities in Serbia. The Study, covering the period of 2016 – 2018, examines the use of languages and scripts of national minorities in basic, higher, misdemeanour courts, and basic and higher prosecutor’s offices and contains a series of recommendations regarding the improvement of the current situation. It was developed in 2019 by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Available only in Serbian.

ODIHR guide on gender equality, justice and security instruments

This is a publication that brings together a variety of perspectives, ideas and challenges identified by the partners of OSCE Presence in Albania from the non-government organizations and community activists at the local level.

A study based into the review of tens of cases potential child trafficking victims of both sexes.

The publication includes a selection of current legal issues in the area of criminal procedure law, including confirmed, abolished or altered decisions of the Basic Criminal Court Skopje, enacted between 2013 and 2019, i.e. from the moment when the 2010 Law on Criminal Procedure started to be implemented. This publication aims at tackling certain legal issues that are current in the everyday work of Criminal Court judges by using a wider approach that includes the legal stand of the second instance court, and the ECtHR jurisprudence. Not available in English.

In 2019, the OSCE Mission to Skopje together with the Coalition ‘All for Fair Trials’ implemented trial monitoring activities focused on criminal cases in the field of organised crime and corruption. The Analysis of the data obtained from the monitored trials provides a deeper insight into the implementation of the Law on Criminal Procedure in the organized crime and corruption cases and offers recommendations for future interventions and reforms directed towards strengthened judicial system in the Republic of North Macedonia which, in turn, should lead towards increased public trust in the judiciary.

Тhis Analysis is supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, and has been developed in co-operation with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors with an aim to support the Academy in the process of proper planning and in establishing development priorities. This Analysis of the current state of affairs, accompanied by an empirical research, offers numerous findings and recommendations that build upon other strategic documents, researches and recommendations in relation to the judiciary in North Macedonia and of relevance to the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors.

This publication summarises results of the research, conducted in 2019, on compliance of courts and guardianship authorities with the child-friendly justice standards in Ukraine. The monitoring was performed as part of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine project “Supporting Civil Society Trial