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Rule of Law Document Collection

A curated set of ODIHR’s most relevant Rule of Law publications, offering clear guidance, practical tools, and expert insights to support justice institutions, policymakers, and practitioners across the OSCE region.

ODIHR and the Rule of Law

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 8 September 2025

Guide / manual / handbook

Recommendations on Judicial Independence and Accountability (Warsaw Recommendations), 2023

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 27 October 2023

ODIHR and Judicial Independence: The Kyiv Recommendations

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 20 December 2013

Kyiv Recommendations on Judicial Independence in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 2 November 2010

ODIHR Trial Monitoring

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 22 October 2014

Guide / manual / handbook

Trial Monitoring: A Reference Manual for Practitioners, Revised edition 2012

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 26 September 2012

Fair Trial Rights and Public Health Emergencies

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 24 May 2021

Guide / manual / handbook

Legal Digest of International Fair Trial Rights

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 26 September 2012

Report: Towards a Culture of Accountability of Councils for the Judiciary

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 15 February 2022

Comparative study on women judges’ associations across the OSCE region

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 26 May 2021

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Expert Forums on Criminal Justice for Central Asia

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 8 January 2020

Strengthening functional independence of prosecutors in Eastern European participating States: Needs Assessment Report

This study examines the functional independence of prosecutors in Eastern Europe from a practical perspective.

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 4 March 2020

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