Event Archive
March 2023
Seminar
Seminar for parliamentary committees on gender equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As part of support ODIHR provides to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is co-organizing an orientation seminar for parliamentary committees mandated to advance gender equality in Bosnia and…
January 2023
Seminar
Institutionalizing Gender Mainstreaming in Parliament: Participatory Gender Audits and Gender Action Plans
National parliaments of the OSCE region have a unique role to play in the gradual transformation of our societies towards gender equality. National parliaments are well placed to champion the objective of gender equality and promote gender…
Seminar
Recognizing and Responding to Antisemitism in Schools
ODIHR and UNESCO have partnered with the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation – Institute for Visual History and Education (USC SFI), the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the American Federation of Teachers to provide…
December 2022
Seminar
Freedom of religion or belief trends: Looking back over 2022 and forward into 2023
ODIHR is organizing an online public event on 12 December 2022 to explore the positive and negative impacts on the state of freedom of religion or belief of factors such as legislative/policy changes and general human rights trends across…
Roundtable
Judicial independence and judicial appointments in Hungary
ODIHR is organizing an expert roundtable with judges, civil society organizations, academia and international organizations to take stock of recent developments regarding the normative framework and practices for judicial appointments in…
November 2022
Seminar
Addressing Violence against Women in Politics in the OSCE Region – The Launch of New ODIHR Toolkit
ODIHR organizes this online event as part of the global 16 Days of Activism Campaign against Gender-based Violence. Members of parliaments and leading experts will discuss current challenges and opportunities in preventing violence against…
Ceremony
2022 Max van der Stoel Award Ceremony
On 24 November 2022, in The Hague, the Netherlands, the Social Justice Center from Georgia will be awarded the 2022 Max van der Stoel Award in recognition of its continued efforts to support and empower vulnerable groups, including national…

Seminar
30th Anniversary Seminar of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE
The 1992 Stockholm Convention in a Europe in Crisis
Seminar
6th OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange
Following the success of previous Passenger Data Seminars in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, the OSCE and UNOCT are organizing the 6th OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange on 3-4 November 2022. This event marks the third…
Ceremony
Opening of exhibition featuring artworks created by students from both banks during the joint plein air “Peace Through Art”
An art exhibition of works by nineteen art students of the Republican College of Fine Arts “Alexandru Plamadeale” from Chisinau and the Bender Higher Education Art College “Victor Postoikin” will open on 2 November at 16:00, at the Tiraspol…
October 2022
General event
Business study tours to leading energy companies in Austria – a unique opportunity for learning and networking
Within the framework of the OSCE- GWNET Mentoring and Network Program on Empowering Central Asian Women in Renewable Energy, the OSCE organized a one-week study tour in Vienna for female Central Asian energy experts to gain some practical…
September 2022
General event
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference: ODIHR Side Events
Within the framework of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference of the Polish 2022 OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is organizing a number of side events that will take place in…
July 2022
Seminar
Gender Justice: Advancing Pluralism and Free Speech For All
Gender equality and the right to freedom of opinion and expression as well as media freedom are mutually reinforcing, and closely linked to the advancement of comprehensive security and the strengthening of democratic societies. The event “…
June 2022
Seminar
Preventing torture in the context of public assemblies
The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are cornerstones of a democratic society and are interrelated with other fundamental freedoms. However, too often, people attending or wishing to attend demonstrations become…
Roundtable
Sixth Expert Meeting: The role of public service media in countering disinformation
Strong public service media (PSM) are widely acknowledged as one of the instruments of countering disinformation. The remit of PSM, built around values of independence, universality, diversity, excellence, innovation and accountability…
General event
Environmental Impact of War: Initial Data for Risk Assessment
On 16 June 2022, a digital platform EcoDozor with initial set of data on environmental risks stemming from the war will be presented. The data was gathered by the Zoï international environmental network with the support of the OSCE Project…