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The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is based in Warsaw, Poland. It is active throughout the OSCE area in the fields of election observation, democratic development, human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination, and rule of law.

Press releases

OSCE rights body, Council of Europe express disappointment at signing of amendments to Kyrgyzstan's assembly law

WARSAW/STRASBOURG, 27 August 2008 - The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe today expressed their disappointment at the signing into law of amendments to Kyrgyzstan's...

OSCE elections body deploys election observation mission to Belarus

WARSAW/MINSK, 12 August 2008 - The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) deployed an election observation mission today for the 28 September parliamentary elections in Belarus...

OSCE Chairmanship holds seminar on elections

Kimmo Kiljunen (left), the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Special Envoy on election-related issues, speaks at a seminar on elections at the Hofburg in Vienna, 21 July 2008. The OSCE's first Secretary General Wilhelm Höynck is on the right. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf)

VIENNA, 21 July 2008 - Representatives of OSCE participating States gathered at a seminar in Vienna today to discuss the Organization's role in assisting the development of electoral processes, including through election observation...

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Features

ODIHR helps states to tackle hate crime with new legal guidelines

Nasrin Khan (left), co-drafter of the ODIHR's legislative guidelines on hate crime, discusses discrimination law with a colleague. (OSCE/Sarah Crozier)

New guidelines being prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will help states build a solid legal foundation for dealing with hate crime.

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ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic addresses the Chairmanship Seminar on Election-Related Issues at the Hofburg in Vienna, 21 July 2008. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf)

ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic addresses the Chairmanship Seminar on Election-Related Issues at the Hofburg in Vienna, 21 July 2008. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf)

Documents

Human Dimension Seminar on Constitutional Justice: Consolidated Summary

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Final Report on the 1 June 2008 Parliamentary Elections in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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Needs assessment report ahead of general elections in the United States, 4 November 2008

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Needs assessment report ahead of municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 October 2008

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Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Needs assessment report ahead of presidential election in Azerbaijan, October 2008

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OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission Report

Needs assessment mission report ahead of the parliamentary elections in Belarus, 28 September 2008

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OSCE/ODIHR needs assessment mission report for