The Ombudsman in the OSCE: An American Perspective
Wednesday, December 2, 1998, 5:00 am
Witnesses
Dean M. Gottehrer
Consultant on Ombudsmen in Human Rights Institutions
United Nations Development Program; Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE; United States Information Agency
This briefing assessed the role of ombudsmen institutions in the countries of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe from an American perspective. The ombudsman institution was described as a flexible institution; adaptable to national and local government structures in a wide variety of countries, and a brief evaluation of the evolution of this institution was presented.
Dean M. Gottehrer, a consultant on ombudsmen in human rights institutions for the United Nations Development Program, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE, and the United States Information Agency, presented a personal analysis of the role of ombudsmen institutions in protecting human rights in OSCE participating states.
Relevant Countries
Participating States
| Albania
| Andorra
| Armenia
| Austria
| Azerbaijan
| Belarus
| Belgium
| Bulgaria
| Canada
| Croatia
| Cyprus
| Czech Republic
| Denmark
| Estonia
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Finland
| France
| Georgia
| Germany
| Greece
| Holy See
| Hungary
| Iceland
| Italy
| Kazakhstan
| Kyrgyzstan
| Latvia
| Liechtenstein
| Lithuania
| Luxembourg
| North Macedonia
| Malta
| Moldova
| Monaco
| Mongolia
| Montenegro
| Netherlands
| Norway
| Poland
| Portugal
| Romania
| Russian Federation
| San Marino
| Serbia
| Slovak Republic
| Slovenia
| Spain
| Sweden
| Switzerland
| Tajikistan
| Turkey
| Turkmenistan
| Ukraine
| United Kingdom
| United States of America
| Uzbekistan
| Ireland