Publications
Bulgaria Specific Manual on Joint Hate Crime Training for Police and Prosecutors
Publishing date: 19 June 2018
Collections: Bulgaria: Project Background Documents
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This manual on joint hate crime training for police and prosecutors was developed as part of a project by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on building a comprehensive criminal justice response to hate crime. This publication is intended for use in the Bulgarian
Women in the Armed Forces in the OSCE Region
Publishing date: 4 June 2018
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE participating States have made a number of commitments regarding the issue of gender equality, women´s participation in efforts to promote peace and security and equal opportunities within the security services, including the armed forces, to allow for balanced recruitment, retention and promotion of women and men. In line with its mandate to assist participating States in the implementation of human dimension commitments, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has mapped the inclusion and situation of women in the armed forces in the OSCE region through a questionnaire addressed to delegations of all 57 OSCE participating States. The information received from delegations provides a baseline against which to measure progress, gather best practices and support the assistance ODIHR provides to participating States.
Addressing Anti-Semitism Through Education: Guidelines for Policymakers
Publishing date: 31 May 2018
Collections: Teaching Materials to Challenge anti-Semitism
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A new UNESCO and ODIHR co-publication takes up the challenge of educating learners to resist contemporary anti-Semitism at a time when the issue is becoming ever more crucial around the world. It suggests concrete ways to address anti-Semitism, counter prejudice and promote tolerance through education, by designing programmes based on a human rights framework, global citizenship education, inclusiveness and gender equality. It also provides policymakers with tools and guidance to ensure that education systems build the resilience of young people to anti-Semitic ideas and ideologies, violent extremism and all forms of intolerance and discrimination, through critical thinking and respect for others.
Participation of Roma and Sinti Youth
Publishing date: 6 April 2018
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Roma and Sinti youth represent a population of growing importance in the OSCE region. The average age of Roma and Sinti in the European Union is just 25 years, compared with an average age of 40 for non-Roma and Sinti people. Roma and Sinti youth continue to be stigmatized and experience unequal access to opportunities. Marginalization and discrimination often prevent them from fulfilling their potential and discourage them from participating in public and political life. Roma and Sinti women have even more limited access to participation, due to multiple forms of discrimination they face by virtue of their ethnicity and gender. When Roma and Sinti are not involved in politics their views and interests are not represented in relevant decision-making bodies and processes, which further isolates them.
Gender Equality Review Conference Report
Publishing date: 12 April 2018
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report presents the proceedings and outcomes of the second Gender Equality Review Conference held in June, 2017. The report shows an example of how political will and leadership can strengthen the awareness and understanding of the important link between gender equality and comprehensive security.
OSCE/ODIHR Annual Report 2017
Publishing date: 8 March 2018
Collections: ODIHR Annual Reports
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report provides a summary of key activities carried out by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in 2017.
Anti-Muslim Hate Crime
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
Collections: Hate Crime Factsheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Muslim communities across the OSCE region are the victims of rhetoric that often associates them with terrorism and extremism, or portrays the presence of Muslim communities as a threat to national identity. Muslims are often portrayed as a monolithic group, whose religion and culture are incompatible with the concepts of human rights and democracy. This intolerance, left unchecked, can enable a climate that fosters hate crime against Muslims, which is an attempt to isolate them from society. Only a strong response from all actors in society can effectively challenge discrimination, intolerance and hate crimes against Muslims.
Cross-Border Mobility in the OSCE Region (2011–2015)
Publishing date: 1 February 2018
Collections: Archive of migration-related resources
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Using the information published in the ODIHR Baseline Study on Cross-Border Mobility in The OSCE Region (2014) as a starting point, this update provides a statistical overview of the trends in cross-border mobility in the OSCE region in the period between 2011 and 2015.
Frameworks for democracy: an overview of legal and political provisions for migrant political participation in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 2 March 2018
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Migrant political participation: a review of policies and integration results in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 25 January 2018
Collections: Archive of migration-related resources
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This paper assesses the state of implementation and practice of the civic and political integration of migrants in the OSCE region and identifies the key channels and actors active in this process.