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Research Memoranda: Samples of memos written by Prof. Howard’s research assistants about Central and Eastern Europe, 1992-1994

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Scope and Contents From the Series:

These papers relate to Howard's involvement on the writing of new constitutions in Central and Eastern Europe at the collapse of the Soviet Union. The files were processed trying to convey their original organization and consist of correspondence, memoranda, working papers and numerous printed materials. A list of all printed materials taken out have been added to each folder. for researchers to see.

Dates: 1992-1994

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) miscellaneous documents: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (July 1990); Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (February 1991); The Geneva CSCE Experts Meeting on National Minorities, July 1 -19, 1991; CSCE Activities Report: Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (1 May 1992); CSCE: Human Dimension Seminar on Free Media Warsaw (2-5 November 1993); “Media in the Republic of Croatia” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Warsaw (2-5 November 1993); Rozgonova, Daniela: “CSCE Human Dimension Seminar on Free Media” Warsaw (2 November 1993); CSCE Chronological Review of Conference Documents Published since 1972 to 1993; CSCE: Seminar on Human Dimension Issues in Central Asia (20-22 April 1994); CSCE Human Dimension Seminar on Local Democracy Warsaw, (16-20 May 1994); “The Rights of National Minorities and Peoples in the CSCE Context: The Problem of Self-Determination” (undated), 1990-1994

 File — Box: MSS 2013-1a, Box 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These papers relate to Howard's involvement on the writing of new constitutions in Central and Eastern Europe at the collapse of the Soviet Union. The files were processed trying to convey their original organization and consist of correspondence, memoranda, working papers and numerous printed materials. A list of all printed materials taken out have been added to each folder. for researchers to see.

Dates: 1990-1994

Council of Europe: “Declaration Regarding Intolerance – A Threat to Democracy,” adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 14 May 1981, 68th Session; “Recommendation No. R (85) 7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Teaching and Learning about Human Rights in Schools,” adopted by the Committee of Ministers on May 14, 1985, 385th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies; “Steering Committee on Local and Regional Authorities (CDLR): Presentation of the Council of Europe Programme for Co-Operation in the Development of Local Democracy with the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe” Strasbourg (5 November 1991); “Council of Europe Co-Operation and Assistance Programmes for Countries of Central and Eastern Europe in the Field of Human Rights,” prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights (March, 1992); “Suggestions Concerning Co-Operation between the Council of Europe and the CSCE” (30 March 1992); “European Commission for Democracy through Law: Annual Report of Activities for 1991” (March 1992); “Parliamentary Assembly: The Geographical Enlargement of the Council of Europe: Policy Options and Consequences” Strasbourg (29 April 1992); “Relations between the Council of Europe and the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe,” prepared by the Office of the Clerk of the Assembly (4 May 1992); “Committee of Ministers 90th Session: “Themis” Plan for the Development of Law" and “Lode” Plan for Local Democracy” Strasbourg (7 May 1992), 1981-1992

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Eastern Europe miscellaneous papers: Murphy, Walter F. “Constitutional Democracy in Eastern Europe,” paper presented at Eötvös Lorànd University Conference on Constitutionalism and Constitutional Change in East Central Europe, Pecs, Hungary (18-20 June 1990); Treverton, Gregory F.: “America’s European Engagement” in Beyond the Cold War: Current Issues in European Security No. 6. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (November 1990); Sandoz, Ellis: “Reflections on Liberty and Rule of Law in Czechoslovakia” (1 July 1991); Bailey, Norman A. Inc.: “Reflections on the Economic Restructuring of Former Command Economies,” paper presented to the Conference on the Rule of Law in United States Foreign Policy and the New World Order, Washington D.C. (10 October 1991); Roeder, Philip G.: “Lessons from the Soviet Constitutional Revolution, 1987‐1991,” conference paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois (3 -6 September 1992); Howard’s handwritten notes re Pew Trust Planning Meeting on Strengthen Constitution (17 December 1991); Cviic, Christopher: “Central and Eastern Europe, with Special Reference to Economic and Political Relations with the West,” Ditchley Conference Report No. D92/7, Oxfordshire, England (15-17 May 1992); “Courts of Ultimate Appeal: The Constitutional and Supreme Courts of the New Democracies of Central/Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union,” an International Conference co-sponsored by the Furth Family Foundation and the Center for Democracy, Strasbourg, France (1-2 November 1993); “Report of the Mission of the Council of Europe Team of Experts to Consider the Legislative, Regulatory and Administrative Framework for the Media in Croatia” Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers (9-12 May 1993); “Position on the Report of the Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) at the Congress of United States of America Entitled Human Rights and Democratization in Slovakia” (October 1993); “Threats to Press Freedoms: A Report Prepared for the Free Media Seminar Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe” Helsinki Watch 5, no. 21 (November 1993); copy of Fitchett, Joseph: Summary Report, Discussion Group 2, undated, 1990-1993

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Eastern Europe – Papers re democracy: “APSA 1994 Roundtable ‘Central and Eastern Europe’s Democratic Prospects’” (1994); “European Commission for Democracy through Law: Draft Annual Report of Activities for 1993” Council of Europe (1994); Sobolewska-Myslik, Katarzyna: “The Meaning of Democracy in Eastern Europe” (undated); USIA “Russian Public Still Wrestling with Democracy” Opinion Research Memorandum (25 March 1993); Gebethner, Stanisław: “Proportional Representation versus Majoritarian Systems: Free Elections and Political Parties in Transitions to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe” (undated); Tanchev, Evgeni. “Rationalized Parliamentarism in the Constitutions of the Emerging Democracies” (undated); “New Democracy and Local Governance: A Comparative Report on Local Democracy in Eight Former Socialist Countries,” report for the conference at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and East European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center (5-7 November 1992), 1992- 1994

 File — Box: MSS 2013-1a, Box 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These papers relate to Howard's involvement on the writing of new constitutions in Central and Eastern Europe at the collapse of the Soviet Union. The files were processed trying to convey their original organization and consist of correspondence, memoranda, working papers and numerous printed materials. A list of all printed materials taken out have been added to each folder. for researchers to see.

Dates: 1992- 1994