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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF THE OSCE
Human rights and democracy as a main pillar of the OSCE’s comprehensive
security concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A DECADE OF WORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
The ODIHR celebrates its 10th anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
IMPROVING ELECTIONS IN THE OSCE AREA
How the ODIHR observes elections and helps reforming electoral frameworks . . . . 21
More effort needed for better elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
A little bit pregnant? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Facing the challenges of the next decade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Training human rights defenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Combating torture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
“Torture creates societies shaped by apathy and fear” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ombudsmen: A useful tool for building democracy and rule of law . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Anti-trafficking hotline: Information and assistance – just a phone call away . . . . 65
Eradicating violence against women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Prisons – A measure of democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Improving trust in police during crisis situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Abolishing restrictions on freedom of movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Designed by Damla Süar, Frankfurt/M.
PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF ROMA AND SINTI
Towards a political Roma nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Returning to Pristina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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