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Event archive
March 2024
Conference
Final conference of the training series on Human rights at international borders: Human rights principles, monitoring, safety and security
In 2022 and 2023, ODIHR trained 83 human rights defenders from 31 countries in South-Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, the Northern Mediterranean and the Southern Mediterranean region (OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation)…
Workshop
Workshop and Conference “Mapping the Challenges faced by Ukrainian Roma in a War Time and Overcoming the Obstacles through Policy, Advocacy and Empowerment”
This event comprises a workshop held on 6 March and a conference held on 7 March 2024. The workshop will serve as a safe venue for Roma civil society, activists and human rights defenders to map out the challenges experienced by Ukrainian…
General event
Art exhibition "Invisible bridges", displaying works of KamArt Association
The OSCE Mission to Moldova has the honour to invite you to the opening of a new Art Exhibition "Invisible bridges", displaying works of KamArt Association. The opening of the exhibition will take place on Tuesday, 5 March 2024, at 14:00…
Meeting
Gender equality in Poland: a democratic push back against the gender backlash?
The ODIHR's project CHANGE (Capitalizing on the Human Dimension Mandate to Advance Gender Equality) is organizing a half day consultation meeting with civil society organization representatives, including organizations of persons with…
Training
Call for New Members: OSCE Network for Women Professionals on P/CVERLT in South-Eastern Europe
The OSCE Network for Women Professionals on P/CVERLT in South-Eastern Europe is excited to announce the expansion of the initiative. We invite applications from dynamic and committed women professionals working in the region who are…
February 2024
Workshop
Workshop on Public Integrity and Young Parliamentarians’ Impact on Parliamentary Integrity Practices and Anti-Corruption in North Macedonia
During this workshop, ODIHR will present its work on public integrity, research findings, as well as the Youth Progress Index 2023. The Club for Youth Affairs and Policies of the Assembly of North Macedonia with support of the Westminster…
Training
Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Effectively: Training for Law Enforcement in Uzbekistan
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), jointly with the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), is organizing two training workshops for law enforcement authorities in Uzbekistan on protecting human rights…
Meeting
OSCE PA Winter Meeting
The 23rd Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will be held from 22 to 23 February in Vienna, Austria. The Winter Meeting consists of meetings of each of the OSCE PA’s general committees, its three ad hoc committees, the…
Conference
Regional Exchange on Strengthening Campaign Finance Systems and Practices
ODIHR is organizing the “Regional Exchange on Strengthening Campaign Finance Systems and Practices” conference to share knowledge and draw conclusions for follow-up actions aimed at improving existing campaign finance systems in the context…
Training
Effective and Human Rights-Compliant Policing: Train-the-Trainer Course
ODIHR has developed this train-the-trainer course to strengthen police officers’ capacity to work effectively with Roma and Sinti while complying with international human rights standards. This course will involve senior police personnel…
Training
The OSCE Young Women 4 Peace Initiative: Empowering Central Asian Young Women Programme
The OSCE Young Women 4 Peace Initiative is a comprehensive capacity-building programme, which is part of the OSCE’s Networking Platform for Women Leaders including Peacebuilders and Mediators launched by the OSCE Secretary General Helga…
Training
Hate crime training for Romanian police: Train-the-trainer course
ODIHR will deliver a three-day training workshop for police on hate crimes, based on the Office’s Training on Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme. The workshop will prepare police officers from across Romania, as well as from…
January 2024
Meeting
Making the Nelson Mandela Rules actionable for prison staff: Launch of the ODIHR/PRI trainer’s manual in Russian
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will host a webinar on 30 January 2024 to launch the Russian-language version of its Trainer’s Manual on the Nelson Mandela Rules, developed together with Prison Reform…
Meeting
Annual meeting of ODIHR Core Group of Experts on Political Parties
The annual meeting of the ODIHR Core Group of Experts on Political Parties (the Core Group) will take place on 26 January 2024. ODIHR established the Core Group in 2011 as a body to advise ODIHR when assisting OSCE participating States in…
Workshop
Workshop to support the review of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Election Commission regulation on media coverage of contestants during elections
ODIHR is organising a workshop to support the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CEC) in reviewing its regulation “Rulebook on Media Coverage of Political Entities From the Day Elections Are Announced Until the Election…
Training
Intensive training for change-makers on gender audits and gender action plans: Tools for institutional transformation of political parties
ODIHR’s Intensive Training for Change-Makers aims to equip a selected group of experts with knowledge, skills, competences, tools and methods to better understand, critically assess and directly apply gender audits and gender action plans…