April 2022
Meeting
Effective National Referral Mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of victims and survivors of trafficking, especially children
Effective National Referral Mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of victims and survivors of trafficking, especially children
Meeting
The inclusion of survivors’ voices to ensure a human rights-based and survivor-centred approach to combating human trafficking
The inclusion of survivors’ voices to ensure a human rights-based and survivor-centred approach to combating human trafficking
Conference
22nd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons
The 22nd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons (4-6 April 2022) focused on protection of and assistance to victims of trafficking – and specifically, the application of a victim-centered approach to support victims of…
Meeting
Participation of Hate Crime Victims in Criminal Proceedings
Hate crime victims who chose to participate in criminal or civil proceedings must feel safe and supported each step of the way. They should have the opportunity to present the harm they have suffered, receive compensation and have the…
Training
Training on monitoring weapons and restraints for Kyrgyzstan’s national anti-torture mechanism
On 4 April 2022, ODIHR is organizing training on monitoring weapons and restraints for Kyrgyzstan’s National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), the National Center for the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or…
March 2022
Meeting
Realizing Gender Equality in Parliament: Expert Meeting for International Stakeholders and Academia
Following the event jointly organized by ODIHR and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 30 March 2022 to present the new publication “Realizing Gender Equality in Parliament: A Guide for Parliaments in the OSCE Region", ODIHR will host an…
Meeting
Realizing gender equality in parliament: Transforming institutions, delivering for all women and men
In all modern democracies, including those in the OSCE region, women have been represented in many parliamentary chambers for over a century. Although they rarely constitute a majority in these chambers, the presence of women in these…
Meeting
International co-operation to address violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting I
The new dates of the first Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting are 28 and 29 March. The event will provide a platform for an exchange of views among OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions and other executive structures and…
Training
Young Policy Advisers Course
The Young Policy Advisers course (PolAd) is designed to strengthen knowledge about democratic institutions and OSCE commitments in the field of democratic governance. It also aims to facilitate a deeper understanding of the role of policy…
Conference
Towards a Better Future for Hate Crime Victim Support: EStAR Project Final Conference
The final conference of ODIHR’s Enhancing Stakeholder Awareness and Resources for Hate Crime Victim Support (EStAR) project will provide a platform for the exchange of expertise on hate crime victim support. A host of high-level and expert…
Training
Self-Advocacy Training for Roma Girls, Women and Feminist Activists from North Macedonia
Self-Advocacy Training for Roma Girls, Women and Feminist Activists from North Macedonia: Call for Applications
Workshop
Consensus-Building on Regulating “Third Party” or Non-Contestant Campaign Spending: Workshop
ODIHR is supporting NDI Albania with organizing a two-day workshop, on 18-19 March 2022, on campaign finance reform, with particular focus on the regulation of non-contestant campaigners; specifically third parties and social media…
Workshop
Disability Rights Law Moot Court: Launch Event and Call for Applications
On 17 March 2022, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Centre for Disability Rights and Policy at the National University of Ireland - Galway will be hosting the inaugural event of the first ODIHR…
Meeting
Advancing Gender Equality: Institutional Mechanisms at the Centre of Solutions
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women have been established in nearly every country around the world, also in the OSCE region from North America to Europe and Central Asia. They apply diverse strategies, but all with the…
Meeting
Addressing vulnerabilities of women and girls to trafficking in persons: Side event during the 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Research has consistently shown that human traffickers take advantage of people who are in positions of vulnerability. It is widely recognised that women and girls make up the majority of identified trafficking victims. Gender and age…
Training
Call for Registration: Training for Civil Society on Addressing Anti-Christian Hate Crime
This event, taking place on 8 and 10 March, will train up to 20 civil society representatives, including those from faith-based organizations and religious or belief communities, on recording and reporting hate crimes motivated by bias…