Contents III. ODIHR Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues IV. Additional Tasks Related to Tolerance and Non-discrimination, Including Roma and Sinti Issues V. Additional Tasks Related to Gender Equality VI. Additional Tasks Related to Combating Trafficking in Human Beings VII. Additional Tasks Related to Combating Terrorism B. The High Commissioner on National Minorities C. The Representative on Freedom of the Media 3. Restrictions and Derogations 40 45 50 51 53 54 62 67 3.1 Scope and Character of Legitimate Restrictions 67 3.2 Derogations from Obligations During a State of Public Emergency 68 II. Specific Human Dimension Commitments 71 1. Commitments Related to the Right of Peoples to Self-determination 73 2. Commitments Related to Structural Components of a Democratic Society 75 2.1 General Provisions 75 2.2 Elections 77 2.3 Democratic Institutions 80 2.3.1 General Provisions 2.3.2 Decentralized Government and Special Structures and Bodies 2.3.3 Democratic Civilian Control of Military, Paramilitary, and Internal Security Forces; Intelligence Services; and the Police 2.3.4 Independent National Human Rights Institutions 2.3.5 Non-governmental Organizations 2.3.6 Promoting Transparency, Combating Corruption, and Improving the Management of Public Resources 2.4 Rule of Law 2.4.1 General Provisions 2.4.2 Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Practitioners, and Impartial Operation of the Public Judicial Service 2.4.3 Administration of Justice A. Law Enforcement B. Treatment of Persons Deprived of Their Liberty 2.4.4 Fulfilment of International Obligations 3. Commitments Related to Human Rights That Are Applicable to All 80 83 84 85 86 87 88 88 91 93 93 94 96 97 3.1 Civil and Political Rights 97 3.1.1 General Provisions 97 vi OSCE Human Dimension Commitments