January 2020
Meeting
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Albania’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rama to visit Ukraine next week
TIRANA, 17 January 2020 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Albania’s Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Edi Rama, will visit Ukraine next week for talks with high-level Ukrainian officials in Kyiv and travel to the…
December 2019
Meeting
Study Visit on Teaching and Educational Materials about the Roma and Sinti Genocide
In line with the OSCE Action Plan on Improving the situation of Roma and Sinti within the OSCE Area, ODIHR supports participating States in including Roma history and culture in educational texts, with particular consideration given to the…
Roundtable
Promoting Women’s Political Participation and Leadership: Experiences from Poland, Finland and Beyond
The roundtable discussion aims to serve as a platform for promoting women’s political participation and leadership in Poland, through sharing good practices and expertise. Around 60 participants, including members of parliaments, civil…
Seminar
OSCE-wide Expert Seminar on Promoting Resilience of “Soft” Targets against Terrorist Attacks through Public-Private Partnerships
In recent years, terrorist attacks in the OSCE area and beyond have shown a tendency to aim at so-called “soft” targets. Terrorists exploit the open nature and public character of these locations to maximize civilian casualties, chaos…
Training
Police and Roma – Effective and Human Rights-Compliant Policing
International human rights standards and effective policing practices will be at the core of a four-day train-the-trainer course for 18 teaching staff from the Police Academy and police schools in Romania. The training will help the…
Workshop
The Role of Education in Addressing anti-Semitism - International Workshop for Policymakers
This event will bring together education policymakers, academics and high-level actors, including Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. The aim of the event is to explore effective policy…
Roundtable
The Portrayal of Roma in and by the Media
The goal of the roundtable is to discuss the portrayal of Roma in and by the media, the adequacy of existing legal and policy frameworks and the role of self-regulatory mechanisms in countering prejudices and biased portrayal in general…
Conference
OSCE supports International Anti-Corruption Conference
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan in partnership with the Anti-Corruption Agency will support a conference dedicated to the International Anti-Corruption Day celebrated worldwide on 9 December 2019. During the event, the participants…
Meeting
Study Visit for Belarus Delegation on E-justice in Estonia
The study visit is a part of rule of law component of the ODIHR project Promoting Democratization and Human Rights in Belarus funded by the European Union. It is the first in a series of three study visits on rule of law and other justice…
Ministerial council
26th OSCE Ministerial Council
The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the OSCE. The meeting, held annually, provides the Foreign Ministers of the 57 OSCE participating States an opportunity to review and assess the Organization’s…
Roundtable
Democratic Lawmaking and Public Consultations - The Theory and Realities from the OSCE Region
ODIHR, in collaboration with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, is organizing the first meeting of the Group of Experts to develop guidelines on good lawmaking and public consultations. The roundtable discussion will gather 20 experts…
Roundtable
Roundtable on Registration and the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities
The expert meeting will primarily focus on the application of the Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities published by ODIHR and the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission to the domestic context of Uzbekistan…
Conference
Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings from a Human Rights Perspective: From Identification to Return
The purpose of the Proactive Engagement in Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings conference is to provide state authorities and civil society bodies in Sweden with guidance and an overview of relevant international standards to direct…
Conference
5 Years of Dialogue and 25 Years of Mediation in Ukraine: from Division to Cohesion. Conference
2019 is an anniversary year for dialogue and mediation in Ukraine. Five years ago the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine initiated activities supporting a culture of dialogue, while the first organizations focused on the development of…
Training
Roma Leadership Academy “Nicolae Gheorghe”
The Roma Leadership Academy “Nicolae Gheorghe” is designed to strengthen participants' knowledge of democratic institutions and OSCE commitments in the field of democratic governance, to facilitate a deeper understanding of ways in which…
Meeting
Expert Meeting on the 2010 Kyiv Recommendations on Judicial Independence
This meeting will address contemporary challenges and good practices relating to judicial administration against the backdrop of a planned review of available ODIHR guidance on judicial independence. In 2010, the ODIHR Kyiv Recommendations…