Publications
Access Zone or e-Armenia
Publishing date: 5 April 2013
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication looks at the impact of the Internet in Armenia. It is available only in Armenian. Prepared by the Journalists for the Future NGO, with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. This book is not available in English.
Violence, intimidation and legal cases against journalists and media in Armenia 2012
Publishing date: 5 April 2013
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication summarizes incidents of violence and intimidation directed against reporters and news outlets in Armenia in 2012, including the legal suits filed on charges of slander and insult. Prepared by the Investigative Journalists NGO, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
Security Community, 2/2013
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: Security Community
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
From bitter to sweet: historical reconciliation. Migration and exploitation, the Mediterranean connection.
Police Reform within the Framework of Criminal Justice System Reform
Publishing date: 1 July 2013
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Guidebook identifies the interfaces in the criminal justice process among the various institutions of the CJS and between them and other relevant governmental agencies as well as non-governmental security and justice providers and civil society. It elaborates on a number of good practices in addressing these interfaces in practical reform steps and identifies options for enhancing international co-operation in following a holistic CJS reform (CJSR) approach.
Thematic Report: “Monitoring of the Enforcement Procedure in Montenegro”
Publishing date: 12 June 2013
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This thematic report presents the results of a several-month long research undertaken by the Court Monitoring Team, in order to appraise the respect of procedural preconditions of courts in enforcement procedures, duration of procedures, respect of the right to equality, trial within the reasonable time, and to, by analyzing the cases, provide adequate conclusions and recommendations aimed at further improvement of the situation in this area.
Thematic Report: “Frequency and justification of ordering detention”
Publishing date: 12 June 2013
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Ovaj tematski izvještaj rezultat je višemjesečnog istraživanja sprovedenog od strane tima posmatrača, sa ciljem da se procijeni poštovanje procesnih pretpostavki sudova u izvršnim predmetima, trajanje postupaka, poštovanje prava na ravnopravnost, suđenje u razumnom roku, te da se kroz analizu predmeta pruže odgovarajući zaključci i preporuke sa ciljem daljeg unaprijeđenja stanja u ovoj oblasti.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo Factsheet 2013
Publishing date: 22 April 2013
Collections: Factsheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo promotes human rights, good governance and the safety of all people living in Kosovo by monitoring and supporting the work of local institutions. The Mission, established in 1999, is the OSCE's largest field operation.
The Municipal Budget Development Process in Kosovo: A Comparative Assessment of the 2012 and 2013 Processes
Publishing date: 3 June 2013
Collections: Assesment of municipal budget development in Kosovo
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report assesses the 2013 municipal budget development process and analyses the degree of compliance of municipal institutions with the legal framework compared to the previous fiscal year.
Manual on State Police role in electoral processes
Publishing date: 1 June 2013
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Analysis of the electoral process: 2012 Local Elections
Publishing date: 30 May 2013
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In accordance with the Charter, the Contracting States should have transposed the principles of local self-government, contained in the Charter, into their national legislation in the form of a legal or constitutional norm. The law on local selfgovernment was not adopted at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and provisions on local self-government do not even exist as principles in the BiH Constitution.