General Information on Central and Eastern Europe
In this section
On the site
- Bulgaria: Access to Justice
- Bulgaria: Promoting Prosecutorial Accountability
- Lithuania: Reforming Legal Aid Services and Administration
- Latvia: Promoting Bail in Place of Pretrial Detention
- Ukraine: Reducing Pretrial Detention
- The Use and Misuse of Administrative Resources in Russia
- Antidiscrimination in Russia
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European Regional Treaties, Courts and Tribunals
- Europa Homepage
- Basic Treaties
- Parliament
- European Commission
- Council of the European Union
- Court of Justice
- Court of Auditors
Newly Independent States (NIS)
- Commonwealth of Independent States: Charter and Courts
- Charter
- Agreement on the Establishment of CIS
- Executive Committee of the CIS
- Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS
Council of Europe
- Treaty Office
- European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): Homepage and Ratification dates of the European Convention on Human Rights
- European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI): Country-by-Country Approach
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture: Homepage and Member States
- Pompidou Group: Homepage and Legal Aspects
- European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), 1950 and protocols
- European Social Charter, 1961 and protocols
- European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1987 and protocols
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 1995
Organization on Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Homepage
- Participating States
- Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
- Journals and decisions
- Field Activities
- Factsheets
International Justice
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Balkans
- Advocates International: Europe
- International Criminal Court: Europe and the NIS
UN Initiatives
- UN Human Rights Field Presences: Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus
- International Labour Organisation (ILO): Field Programmes in Europe and Central Asia
- The Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
General and Legal Information
- Country Watch: Europe
- University of Texas: Russian and East European Network Information Center (REENIC) and General Resources on Eastern and Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union
- Jurist: National Legislation for Selected European Countries
- Columbia Encyclopaedia (Bartleby): CIS
- University of Minnesota: OSCE Docs, Links for Russia and East/Central Europe, Balkans and Romani
- University of Essex, The Children and Armed Conflict Unit (CACU): Balkans
- World Bank Legal and Judicial Reform: Europe and Central Asia
- Human Rights Watch: Europe and Central Asia
- Amnesty International: Europe and Central Asia and CIS
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) : Europe and Central Asia
- openDemocracy Europe
- Child Rights Information Network: Asia, Europe and Members
- International Committee of the Red Cross: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Center for Security Policy: Central and Eastern Europe
- International Crisis Group: Balkans program
- Freedom House: Regional Programmes and Country Ratings
- US State Department: Europe and Eurasia Issues
News
- BBC: Europe News
- CNN: Europe News
- IFEX: Europe and Central Asia
- RFE / RL Newsline: Central and Eastern Europe
- Yahoo world news: Europe
- Oneworld: Eastern Europe