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Final Outcome Document of the OSCE-UNHCR Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 11 March 2024
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE-UNHCR Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe took place in Skopje on 17 October 2023. The Conference was co-organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and the OSCE Mission to Skopje (OMSk), under the auspices of the 2023 OSCE Chairpersonship of North Macedonia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Assessment of the Legislative Process
Publishing date: 10 January 2024
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Assessment was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Georgia: Joint Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Election Code and to the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament
Publishing date: 20 December 2023
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Joint Opinion was prepared by the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.
Uzbekistan: Follow-up Assessment of the Legislative Process
Publishing date: 18 December 2023
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Follow-up Assessment examines the legislative process in Uzbekistan as a follow up to the Preliminary Assessment of the Legislative Process in Uzbekistan published in 2019, to reflect the latest legislative changes to the normative framework governing lawmaking in the country up until 31 August 2023, including the recent constitutional reform. The Assessment is a joint effort of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.
Moldova: Comments on the Criminalization of "Separatism" and Related Criminal Offences
Publishing date: 18 December 2023
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
These Comments were prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights following a request from the Head of the OSCE Mission in Moldova.
Recommendations on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Participate in Political and Public Life in the OSCE Region (Dublin Recommendations)
Publishing date: 1 December 2023
Content type: Recommendation
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in consultation with ODIHR’s Advisory Panel on the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities, has developed a set of recommendations on the rights of people with disabilities to participate fully in political and public life. These recommendations are for participating States, their parliaments, lawmakers, political parties and election management bodies (EMBs). They reflect the commitments OSCE countries have made to ensuring all those with disabilities can take part in political and public life.
Moldova: Urgent Opinion on the Law on Assemblies
Publishing date: 13 November 2023
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Urgent Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the General Police Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova.
Georgia: Urgent Opinion on Proposed Amendments to the Law on Assemblies and Demonstrations and to the Administrative Offences Code
Publishing date: 13 November 2023
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Urgent Opinion was developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Public Defender of Georgia.
Border police monitoring in South-Eastern Europe: New opportunities
Publishing date: 26 October 2023
Collections: Border police monitoring in the OSCE region
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Migration, Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report maps and promotes opportunities for enhancing co-operation between monitoring actors and border police authorities in South-Eastern Europe, and is designed to further the discussion on best practices and transferable knowledge in this area.
Georgia: Note of the Legislative Initiatives on Transparency and Regulation of Associations Funded from Abroad of So-called "Foreign Agents Laws" and Similar Legislation and Their Compliance with International Human Rights Standards
Publishing date: 20 October 2023
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Note was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Public Defender of Georgia.