Publications

This Model of Decision-making provides quality guidelines to municipalities for preparing their decisions when implementing the forthcoming Law on regulating informal building structures.

A handbook on the theory of law (under the general editorship of Professor Mykola Koziubra), developed and published with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, offers a rethinking of modern scientific approaches to understanding the role of the state in the process of lawmaking. The handbook focuses on various aspects of human rights and rule of law and promotes shaping the students’ outlook through the prism of universal legal values. Available in Ukrainian only.

This publication has been developed in cooperation between DCAF and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) as part of an ongoing research project on ombuds institutions for the armed forces. It is the result of an effort to conceptualize and examine issues and challenges related to oversight of the armed forces and the promotion of human rights based on the feedback provided by the institutions themselves. It maps prominent capacity development needs of ombuds institutions in the OSCE region, and offers best practices through which these needs can be addressed. The study also examines different models, functions and approaches of ombuds institutions for the armed forces in the OSCE region. The mapping study will hopefully help states that wish to establish ombuds institutions by identifying the best format for doing so but it can also support existing ombuds institutions, scholars, policy-makers and armed forces commanders by offering a reference instrument on the current state of ombuds institutions in the OSCE region.

The Newsletter highlights the activities of the OSCE Office in Yerevan for the period of January- July 2016.

ODIHR has developed the Words Into Action to Address Anti-Semitism project to strengthen the capacity of OSCE participating States and civil society to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism.

A manual for legal practitioners, drafted by experts, with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania. Not available in English.

This volume of decisions by Armenia's Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation for 2015 comprises legal review, analysis and interpretations of selected decisions that paved the ground for ensuring predictable justice and for creating legal mechanisms for the effective protection of human rights. The publication prepared with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan and in partnership with the Armenian Cassation Court has been issued annually since 2008. It serves as a useful tool and resource for criminal law experts and aims to strengthen judicial independence and integrity. The publication is available in Armenian only.

This report evaluates progress made in mainstreaming gender issues in OSCE structures and the working environment. Reporting period: 1 January 2015- 31 December 2015.