Event Archive
September 2025
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Finland’s 2025 OSCE Chairpersonship Forum: Building a Resilient Future in a Changing Climate
Finland’s 2025 OSCE Chairpersonship Forum “Building a Resilient Future in a Changing Climate” will take place at Czernin Palace, Loretánské nám. 5, 118 00 Prague, on 11-12 September 2025 and will focus on the following topics: advancing the…
Conference
Sub-regional conference: addressing anti-Semitism through education
OSCE participating States have long recognized the critical importance of education in addressing all forms of prejudice and discrimination, including anti-Semitism. In particular, they have committed to a wide range of actions to address…
July 2025
Conference
Helsinki+50 Conference: Respecting the Legacy, Preparing for the Future
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, Finland will organize a high-level conference at Finlandia Hall on 31 July 2025. While the conference respects and pays tribute to the legacy of Helsinki 1975, it also reminds us that…
Meeting
ODIHR Advisory Panel on the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities
This annual meeting is a chance to expand research, network with colleagues and disseminate knowledge about the political participation of people with disabilities in the OSCE region. In 2025, with support of the OSCE's Chairperson-in…
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OSCE Chairpersonship Youth Forum – from Helsinki to the next 50 years
The OSCE Chairpersonship Youth Forum was convened in Helsinki on 29 and 30 July 2025, on the 10th anniversary year of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2250. The event was organized with and for youth, taking stock of the…
Meeting
Prevention of Childhood Statelessness: Publication Launch
Statelessness remains a pressing human rights issue, particularly for children who, without a nationality, are often denied access to basic rights such as education, healthcare, and legal protection. The objective of the event is to launch…
June 2025
Conference
32nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
The 32nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will take place 29 June - 3 July 2025 in Porto, Portugal, under the theme “Commemorating 50 Years of the Helsinki Final Act: Responding to a New Reality in the OSCE.” With high…
Meeting
20th meeting of colleagues working on Roma issues in OSCE Field Operations
This meeting brings together colleagues from ODIHR and OSCE Field Operations to talk about the situation of Roma communities across the region. We’ll look at what’s been done over the past year, where the challenges still are, and how we…
Conference
2025 Annual Security Review Conference
The Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) is the OSCE’s main event for enhancing dialogue on regional security challenges.
Conference
OSCE Summit on Virtual Assets
The OSCE Summit on Virtual Assets titled “ The Next Frontline: Tackling Emerging Challenges in the Virtual Assets Space” addresses the rapid evolution of virtual assets, examining the significant…
Meeting
ODIHR International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council - Annual Meeting
An annual meeting of the ODIHR International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC) will be held in the margins of the UNODC Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors. The meeting will provide a platform for dialogue between…
Meeting
Guidelines Launch: Integrating Roma and Sinti issues in the work of National Human Rights Institutions and National Equality Bodies
The event aims to launch and present the new guidelines, seeking to highlight the essential role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and National Equality Bodies (NEBs) in addressing the human rights situation of Roma and Sinti…
Meeting
Institutional Responses to Violence Against Women in Politics: Poland
Violence against women in politics is a growing problem across the OSCE region and around the globe. As much as it is part of the broader issue of endemic violence against women, it is also strongly fuelled by today’s global politics. As a…
Conference
OSCE Chairpersonship Conference on Climate and Security: Unleashing the Potential of the Comprehensive Approach
The Finnish OSCE Chairpersonship is hosting a Conference on Climate and Security in Espoo, Finland, on 11 June 2025. The Conference will offer a space for expert-level exchange on current climate, peace and security environment. The event…
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War and Peace & Crime and Punishment. ХI (XXIV) Lviv Criminal Justice Forum
Lviv Criminal Justice Forum is one of the flagship annual OSCE-supported events in Ukraine in the sphere of Rule of Law. The Forum provides a platform for critical review of the current issues of criminal justice reform with the focus on…
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Inclusion as a way to promote tolerance and non-discrimination: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting III
Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings provide a platform for an exchange of views between OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions, international organizations, civil society, and other stakeholders to discuss the implementation of…