December 2023
Training
Amicus curiae in Constitutional Proceedings. A Basic Course on Writing Legal Briefs
Amicus brief filings in constitutional jurisdiction have increased significantly within the past few decades. An amicus curiae brief may be a highly effective way not only to provide the constitutional court with the economic, social…
Roundtable
Roundtable on Human Rights and New Technologies
Effective use of algorithmic decision-making requires oversight grounded in human rights and fundamental freedoms. As part of its work to assist participating States in implementing new technologies in a human rights-centric manner, ODIHR…
Conference
Role of the Judiciary in Overcoming the Challenges of War. International Judicial Conference
The event will gather representatives of international organizations and government agencies, international experts, judges, academics, and civil society representatives. During the first day of the conference, participants will discuss the…
Meeting
Preventing and Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty: Launch of the ODIHR publication in Polish
The important role of national monitoring bodies and civil society in preventing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in places of deprivation of liberty will be the focus of an event ODIHR is organizing on 7 December 2023 in Warsaw…
Workshop
Planning the Future of State Policy for Civil Society Development in Ukraine. Workshop at the margins of Civil Society Development Forum
The Civil Society Development Forum, organized on 5-6 December by Initiative Center to Support Social Action “Ednannia” and partners, is the largest Ukrainian national platform for learning, communicating, and exchange of experience in the…
Conference
Call for Applications to participate in the OSCE Conference “Women and Men: working together for equal rights”
The OSCE flagship projects focusing on gender equality, WIN and CHANGE, are organizing a conference entitled “ Women and Men: working together for equal rights”. This event seeks to strengthen male engagement, provide new energy and tools…
Seminar
Professional Development School for Criminal Law Professors
Systemic changes in national legislation, including the development of the new Criminal Code of Ukraine, are shaping modern trends in criminal law science and its teaching methodology for future lawyers. To support the professional…
Conference
Final Conference for Participants of ODIHR’s Youth For Inclusion Workshops
ODIHR’s Youth for Inclusion final conference will conclude a series of seven workshops on fostering equal, inclusive and cohesive societies across Poland that engaged Polish and Ukrainian young people throughout 2022 and 2023. The Youth for…
Conference
Moot Court in the Framework of MUNLAWS conference
Simulation of Arbitral Proceedings under the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within OSCE. The Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana will gather university and secondary school students as well as young professionals from…
Conference
Justice in Ukraine during the War: Problems of Examination of Corruption and War-Related Crimes. VI Kyiv Polylogue
The event will provide a discussion space for participants (representatives of international organisations and public authorities, international experts, judges, academia, and civil society representatives) to review the problems of…
November 2023
Ceremony
Opening of the art exhibition Peace Through Art on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, 2023
On 30 November, the OSCE Mission to Moldova will open an art exhibition featuring paintings by the art students from “Alexandru Plamadeala” Republican College of Fine Arts from Chisinau and “Victor Postoikin” Higher Education Art College…
Ministerial council
30th OSCE Ministerial Council
The 30th Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will take place 30 November - 1 December 2023 in Skopje, North Macedonia. The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing…
Conference
XI Annual International Forum on the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
Project “Safeguarding Human Rights though Courts, Phase Two” implemented by the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine, in co-operation with Project “Support to the Functioning of Justice in the War and Post-war…
Conference
Feel the Justice. JustConf-2023
JustConf is an open annual platform for professional discussion about criminal justice, ideas that change and strengthen criminal justice sector in Ukraine, and about people who add meaning, movement, and development to the system and work…
Seminar
Media and Reality: Dimensions of Responsibility. Leadership seminar
Event on 29 November - 3 December 2023
Training
Training on addressing racially motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers: Towards effective and non-discriminatory policing
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe (CoE) are organizing a train-the-trainer course on addressing radically motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers and promoting…