Turkey: Government Amendments Will Not Protect Free Speech 2008-04-17 · Human Rights Watch The government’s proposed revision to the infamous Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code will not remove the article’s restrictions on free speech according to Human Rights Watch. Prosecutors broadly interpret the vaguely worded article and use it against those who have raised human rights issues or debated matters of history and politics.

Supervision of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 2008-03 · Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers This first annual report on the supervision of the execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights presents an overview of the issues and statistical information in the execution of the main cases before the Committee of Ministers in 2007. It contains a thematic overview of issues examined in 2007 (Appendix 1) and a statistical analysis (Appendix 2). It lists the final Resolutions (Appendix 3), the interim Resolutions (Appendix 4) as well ...

Moving On: Overcoming Balkan Barriers to a European Future 2007-12 · Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence This publication consists of 10 articles that elucidate issues as diverse as criminal justice, environmental threats and sports and culture policy in South Eastern Europe, as well as subjects like visa regimes, labor flows and the politics of transport. The authors are 10 journalists selected from throughout the region to participate in the 2007 program of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence. Initiated by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and ERSTE Foundation, in cooperation with the ...

Major Conclusions from the "D.H. and Others v. Czech Republic" Judgment 2007-11-14 · Open Society Justice Intiative (OSJI) The Open Society Justice Initiative's analysis of the decision of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights and why it is so significant. It ruled in November 2007 that segregating Roma students into special schools is a form of unlawful discrimination that violates fundamental human rights. The decision is the culmination of an eight-year legal battle during which the plaintiffs sought legal redress for the practice of forcing Roma students-regardless of their ...

OSCE Yearbook 1998 2007-11-13 · Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg The OSCE Yearbook is the only independent academic publication dedicated to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, its work, and the issues that concern it. The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg has published the OSCE Yearbook annually in English, German, and Russian since 1995. The issues covered in this yearbook include; the OSCE’s developments and prospects, the strengthening of the OSCE in the light of NATO ...