March 2022
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…
February 2022
Meeting
Kick-off meeting of the YDEAS II project
Harnessing the celebrations for “Tirana 2022 Youth Capital”, the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in cooperation with the OSCE Presence in Albania will launch the YDEAS project on the occasion…
Workshop
Integrating a gender perspective in intelligence services
Since the ground-breaking UN resolution 1325, the importance of integrating a gender perspective in the security sector has been widely recognized. In spite of this, little attention has been paid to gender in the context of intelligence…
Workshop
Expert online exchange on the inadmissibility of evidence tainted by torture
The use of torture not only amounts to an egregious human rights violation in itself, but also leads to other serious human rights violations, including the violation of the right to a fair trial. The use of torture, and evidence obtained…
Workshop
Effective and Human Rights-compliant Interviewing Principles: A Workshop for Police Academies Network
This workshop aims to raise awareness of members of the OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN) about the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering – also known as the Méndez Principles – and their…
Meeting
Launch of the OSCE publication: “Policy responses to technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings: Analysis of current approaches and considerations for moving forward”
Information and communication technology has had a tremendous influence on the crime of trafficking in human beings (THB) in the last decade. Traffickers successfully misuse technology during all the stages of the THB crime and the problem…
Conference
First National Conference on Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking in Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives in all its Aspects
The purpose of this Conference is to establish a co-ordination platform on implementing a joint strategic approach to preventing and combating the illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunition and explosives (WAE) in Ukraine. The discussion…
Workshop
Realizing Gender Equality in the Parliament of Tajikistan
ODIHR is organizing a workshop in Tajikistan as part of its work to promote gender-sensitive parliaments that deliver for all women in men in societies across the OSCE region. Objectives Advance the understanding of members of the Tajik…
Conference
First Preparatory Meeting of the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
The First Preparatory Meeting of the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum dedicated to “Promoting security and stability in the OSCE area through sustainable economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic” will take place in Vienna on…
Conference
Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region
The conference will gather government representatives, as well as relevant stakeholders from international organisations, academia, civil society organisations and leaders of Jewish communities and local activists, offering a platform for…
January 2022
Conference
Launch of the SAIFE Policy Manual
At this event, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) will launch its SAIFE Policy Manual, the culmination of two years of research and several expert workshops, bringing together more than 120 experts from various…
Workshop
Launch of the National Referral Mechanism Handbook. Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons: A Practical Handbook
ODIHR publishes handbook to help combat human trafficking