Publications

This booklet aims to help local authorities, police and prosecutors, legislators and civil society groups better understand the problem of hate crime. It explains the significance of hate crimes and suggests how authorities and communities can prevent and better respond to them. The booklet is not a comprehensive guide or manual, but aims to introduce the concept of hate crime and the main aspects of the application of the concept in Ukraine.

This publication will assist law students and other interested persons in organizing and conducting lectures in local communities aimed at raising the public awareness of state guaranteed legal aid in Moldova. The purpose of the publication is to provide answers to questions such as how to plan a public lecture, how to identify topics of interest, whom to invite to public lectures, when and how to conduct these events, who else can be involved and what methods should be used in order to ensure that the audience understands the message and that the goals of the lecture are attained. It is produced as part of a project implemented jointly by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Chisinau-based NGO Institute for Penal Reform. It is not available in English.

This Guide contains a brief overview of the system of state guaranteed legal aid in Moldova and defines the potential role of law students in this system. It outlines steps to be followed when interacting with beneficiaries of primary legal aid, as well as a number of certain administrative and logistical procedures. The Guide is intended for use by law students and those working in the system of state guaranteed legal aid. Its aim is to enhance the protection of the rights of vulnerable persons and to strengthen the professional capacity of future lawyers. The guide has been produced as part of a project implemented jointly by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Chisinau-based NGO Institute for Penal Reform. It is not available in English.

This publication offers doctrinal interpretation of the essence and content of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly guaranteed by Article 39 of the Constitution of Ukraine, based on the legislation of Ukraine, achievements of national and foreign legal science and the practice of national and international (European) courts. The value, meaning and procedure for exercising of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly by private individuals are determined. The publication is destined for students of law schools, postgraduates, professors, lawyers, civil servants, judges and all those interested in the researched field. The publication is not available in English.

Commissioned by the OSCE Presence in Albania as part of its efforts to strengthen media professionalism in Albania, and prepared by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Albania.

This report evaluates progress made in mainstreaming gender issues in OSCE structures and the working environment. Reporting period: 1 January 2014- 31 December 2014.

This non-paper aims to facilitate the OSCE participating States in formulating national and international law and policy toward the current spread of propaganda intertwined with the conflict in and around Ukraine.

This publication developed as part of the OSCE project "Aarhus Centre in Ashgabat" contains a collection of Turkmenistan's legislative acts and is designed for environmental organizations, public associations and citizens interested in the legislation addressing environmental protection and nature use, as well as state bodies responsible for ensuring public access to the participation in nature protection activities. It is not available in English.