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Statement by the Press Service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan on the results of the investigation and court hearings of the events in Andijan
Publishing date: 21 November 2005
Collections: List of new releases
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Distributed at the request of Uzbekistan
Opening Address by Ambassador Ms. Jozica Puhar (on behalf of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel)
Publishing date: 3 November 2005
Collections: List of new releases
Content type: Statement / speech
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on the Role of Defense Lawyers in Guaranteeing a Fair Trial, Tbilisi, 3-4 November 2005
Advocacy: International standards and realities
Publishing date: 17 June 2005
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Final statement given at the conference on "Advocacy: International Standards and Realities", Baku 16-17 June 2006.
Independent assessment of the Ombudsman institution
Publishing date: 30 April 2005
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
December 2004- March 2005.
Domestic war crime trials 2004
Publishing date: 26 April 2005
Collections: Documents on war crime trials
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Evaluation of the System of Public Procurement in Serbia (presentation of public opinion poll's results)
Publishing date: 20 April 2005
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Full results of the poll are only available in Serbian. English version contains a welcome address by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, at the public presentation of the results.
War Crimes Trials Before the Domestic Courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Progress and Obstacles
Publishing date: 30 March 2005
Collections: War crimes related documents and publications
Content type: 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
With the establishment of the War Crimes Chamber of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in January 2005, it is imperative to draw attention to the efforts of the BiH authorities in relation to war crimes cases proceeding before the cantonal and district courts. Although the precise number to be tried by the new state-level Chamber, which will include both national and international judges and prosecutors, has yet to be determined, it has been confirmed by the BiH Prosecutor’s Office that the Chamber will only hear the most serious, “highly sensitive” cases, as it will have “neither the resources nor the time to try all war crimes cases”. Due to the quantity of remaining cases to be tried, the majority will continue to be dealt with by the domestic courts under the jurisdiction of the Entities – district courts in the Republika Srpska (RS) and cantonal courts in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)- and the Basic Court of Brčko District. Through this Report, the Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (MBiH) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) aims to draw attention to the number, nature and importance of war crimes proceedings before the domestic courts of BiH, providing the most detailed analysis to date of their progress and the obstacles they continue to face.
Report on the situation of the lawyers in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 7 March 2005
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Report to highlight the critical situation of the legal profession in Azerbaijan.
Report from the Trial Monitoring Project in Azerbaijan 2003-2004
Publishing date: 4 February 2005
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The ODIHR and the OSCE Office in Baku monitored 125 trials related to arrests and detentions following the October 2003 presidential election in Azerbaijan.
OSCE Trial Monitoring Report on the Implementation of the New Criminal Procedure Code in the Courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 17 December 2004
Collections: Rule of Law, additional reports and documents
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report is first of its kind by the Rule of Law Section of the Human Rights Department of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. It presents findings and conclusions on the implementation of the new procedure code as monitored in the courts between January 2004 and August 2004. In this period, OSCE monitored 1032 post-indictment criminal hearings- in 38 designated courts- in all criminal jurisdictions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. All types of cases in all stages of post-indictment proceedings were monitored to provide a comprehensive overview of the implementation of the new criminal procedure codes throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.