Publications

The publication is a collection of articles on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, introducing its history, and Armenia's and international experience in the implementation of the Code, and its practical recommendations. The volume was prepared by a group of experts from Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National Strategic Studies under the Armenian Ministry of Defence and a number of other bodies with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

This book sets forth the issues to be considered by the OSCE participating States when evaluating what they can do to improve the climate for journalists in their countries. It also provides a practical guide which presents the steps they can take to ensure a media-friendly environment.

A short portion of articles is available in English.

Upon request of the newly established Council for the Selection of Judges (CSJ) of the Kyrgyz Republic, a number of organizations and donors hosted a training seminar for the members of the Council on 3-4 November 2011. The seminar was co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, the EU-funded EU-UNDP Kyrgyz Republic Legal Framework Support Project, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan, and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). As a result of the seminar and meetings, stakeholders of judicial reform in Kyrgyzstan including Members of Parliament, a representative of the Presidential Administration, members of civil society and the CSJ members, requested that the main recommendations and observations made during the seminar be officially shared with the relevant authorities in Kyrgyzstan. The present report serves this purpose and is intended to provide some guidance and additional considerations for the continuing reform debate related to the selection of judges in the Kyrgyz Republic

Volume 22 – 2011 – No. 3 Special Issue with a tribute to Max van der Stoel.

This report is an analysis of a survey on the media, and freedom of the media, in Montenegro. It includes the views of media professionals on laws, analyses key problems based on the opinions of media professionals and identifies threats to the freedom of the media.

ODIHR's Annual Report 2010 provides an overview of the Office's primary activities in the areas of elections, human rights, democratization, tolerance and non-discrimination, and Roma and Sinti issues.

This report provides information about the police-related activities of the SPMU, as well as other cross-dimensional police-related activities of other thematic units in the Secretariat and OSCE Institutions. It also gives an overview of the capacity- and institution-building activities undertaken by the OSCE field operations in support of their respective host governments.

This book includes conventions, laws and normative acts and was published in partnership with the International Organization for Migration.