To begin with, it is the first to collect, with detail and insight, the reaction of courts across the OSCE to the pandemic; it confronts the breaches of international standards and best practices; and it provides concrete guidance to practitioners in these times of indecision and confusion. [...] online hearings, problems with identify- allowed constructive conversations to take place between judges, prosecu- The COVID-19 pandemic led to signif- ing parties, the examination of evidence, tors, and attorneys and international and regional organizations such as the icant challenges for the rule of law in and the lack of means for confidential Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for. [...] Women and The pandemic exacerbated the risk of men, girls and boys have experienced rights violations for people in prisons or the effects of the crisis itself, and of the otherwise deprived of liberty. [...] have affected an array of other rights for vivors of trafficking, exacerbated the issue of protecting children in the digital Consulting with over 40 NHRIs and women, including the right to life, the vulnerabilities of groups at risk of becom- environment, as COVID-19 significantly co-operating with the European Network right to physical integrity and the right ing victims of trafficking, and at t. [...] instrument in strengthening the COVID-19 pandemic, when author- guards for the independence and con- These guidelines update and expand the role of the Commissioner to ities were often inclined to circumvent tinuity of office of the Commissioner for the themes of the first edition, highlight- effectively protect fundamental normal legislative processes, adopting Human Rights.
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