Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Omer Fisher, Deputy Head of Human Rights at the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, discusses an ODIHR report on monitoring freedom of peaceful assembly in selected OSCE participating States at a event at the Hofburg in Vienna, 9 November 2012. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)
Omer Fisher, Deputy Head of Human Rights at the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, discusses an ODIHR report on monitoring freedom of peaceful assembly in selected OSCE participating States at a event at the Hofburg in Vienna, 9 November 2012. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is based in Warsaw, Poland. It is active throughout the OSCE area in the fields of election observation, democratic development, human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination, and rule of law.
A man checks the voters list outside a polling station in Madrid. The people of Spain voted in early parliamentary elections on November 20, 2011. (OSCE/Michael Meyer)

OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Spain

A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Madrid from 26 to 29 November 2012 to present the final report of the Election Assessment Mission for last year’s early parliamentary elections in Spain...
ODIHR's annual hate crime report for 2011 showed significant gaps in information on hate-motivated crimes against disabled people.

Improve responses to hate crimes against disabled people, say participants of ODIHR workshop in Oslo

More needs to be done to improve responses to hate-motivated crimes against people with disabilities, said participants at a joint workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsperson in Norway, in Oslo on 26 November 2012...
Larry Olomofe (l), ODIHR's Advisor for Combating Racism and Xenophobia, and Taskin Tankut Soykan, ODIHR Adviser on Combating Intolerance against Muslims, led a previous training session for representatives of civil society on countering hate crimes against Muslims in Paris, 30 April 2011.

ODIHR workshop in Berlin trains civil society on responding to hate crimes against Muslims

Civil society representatives from Austria, Germany and Switzerland gained insight into effective methods for monitoring and responding to incidents of hate crimes against Muslims, at a workshop organized by ODIHR and the non-governmental organization ReachOut in Berlin on 24 and 25 November 2012...
Floriane Hohenberg, Head of ODIHR’s Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, addresses participants of a meeting on promoting the freedom of religion or belief as Thomas Wipf, from the European Council of Religious Leaders’ Executive Committee, listens. Warsaw, 22 November 2012.

Religious leaders should promote recognition for all religious and belief communities, participants at OSCE meeting say

Religious leaders can do more to promote the right of all religious and belief communities to full, equal and non-discriminatory access to legal personality, said participants at a joint meeting of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Council of Religious Leaders - Religions for Peace (ECRL) in Warsaw on 22 November 2012...
ODIHR, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Superior Council of Magistrates, organized a workshop in Vadul lui Voda on 22 November 2012 on evaluating the performance of judges.

OSCE workshop in Moldova develops proposals on evaluating judges

Ways to evaluate the performance of judges were the focus of a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Superior Council of Magistrates that ended on 22 November 2012 in Vadul lui Voda...
ODIHR presented its ‘Gender Equality in Elected Office: A Six-Step Action Plan’ at a roundtable meeting in Astana on ways to increase the political representation of women in Kazakhstan, 22 November 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR promotes increased women’s political participation in Kazakhstan

Enhancing the role of women within political parties in Kazakhstan was the theme of a roundtable meeting held in Astana by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Centre in Astana and UN Women on 22 November 2012...
The building of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade.

ODIHR highlights role of parliamentary oversight in lawmaking at Belgrade workshop

The role of the parliament in better regulating the lawmaking process was the focus of a workshop in Belgrade on 19 and 20 November 2012, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Constitution and Legislative Issues Committee of the National Assembly of Serbia...
Dr. Kathrin Meyer (l) of the Taskforce for International Co-operation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF), speaks at a roundtable discussion on education to combat anti-Semitism as Floriane Hohenberg, Head of ODIHR’s Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, listens. Berlin, 19 November 2012.

Education on the Holocaust alone cannot combat anti-Semitism, say participants of OSCE meeting

Although education about the Holocaust is vital, educational activities in the OSCE region need to be broadened to effectively combat anti-Semitism, said experts at a roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 November 2012 in Berlin...
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E-Learning Course for Short-Term Election Observers

The E-Learning Course for Short-Term Election Observers aims to assist OSCE participating States in training election observers.
Learn about our free online learning course, designed to assist OSCE participating States in training short-term election observers.

OSCE/ODIHR Annual Report 2011

The front cover of ODIHR’s Annual Report 2011.
ODIHR's annual report provides an overview of the Office's primary activities in the areas of elections, human rights, democratization, tolerance and non-discrimination, and Roma and Sinti issues.