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Event archive
March 2023
Conference
Media Freedom as a Central Pillar of Comprehensive Security: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting I
Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings provide a platform for an exchange of views among OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions and other executive structures and international organizations, civil society and other stakeholders to…
Meeting
The need for effective National Referral Mechanisms to combat trafficking in women and girls: Side event at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
On the margins of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women - CSW67 (2023), the OSCE/ODIHR is organising a side event on the need for effective National Referral Mechanisms (NRMs) to combat trafficking in women and…
Workshop
Participatory gender audit: Workshop for Slovenia’s parliament
As part of support ODIHR provides to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is organizing a participatory gender audit workshop for the parliament (National Assembly) of Slovenia on 13 March 2023. The…
Training
Training on monitoring weapons and restraints for Switzerland’s National Commission for the Prevention of Torture
This training is part of ODIHR’s continuous work on preventing torture and other ill-treatment and strengthening the independent monitoring of places of deprivation of liberty in the OSCE region. Building on training successfully delivered…
Conference
Digital empowerment of women in conflict settings: Why it matters
Registration details Please register here Agenda The side event will be opened by the OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid and will bring together high level speakers from international organizations, governments, the private sector…
Meeting
Technological challenges and solutions in combatting trafficking of women and girls in overlapping emergencies: Side event at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The side event will provide a platform to discuss appropriate measures to comprehensively address the use of technology both as a challenge to combatting trafficking in human beings of women and girls and as part of the solution. It will…
Meeting
DigitALL: Bridging the gender digital divide
Gender-responsive design, development and deployment of technologies can be a tool to combat existing gender inequalities and empower women and girls. Decreasing the digital divide is vital for their meaningful and equitable inclusion in…
Training
Training on human rights at international borders: Human rights principles, monitoring, safety and security
The five-day training course covers key human rights principles and the monitoring cycle at international borders and beyond as well as safety and security of human rights defenders, including digital security and safe management of…
Meeting
Annual meeting of the ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Assembly and Association
The first annual meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic of ODIHR’s Panel of Experts on Freedom of Assembly and Association (the “Panel”) will be held on 6-7 March 2023. The current Panel consists of 16 members whose four-year mandate began on…
Training
Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan are organizing a training event from 1 to 3 March 2023 in Tashkent for staff of the Office of the Authorized Person of the…
February 2023
Meeting
The Role of Defence Lawyers in Death Penalty Cases: Side Event at the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
In partnership with IBAHRI and the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva, ODIHR organizes a side event on the role of defence lawyers in death penalty cases at the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights…
Workshop
Civil Society Organizations and the Follow-up on Electoral Recommendations
As part of the “Support to Electoral Reforms in the Western Balkans” project, ODIHR is organising a workshop in Warsaw on 21 and 22 February 2022 to discuss key challenges and opportunities for civil society’s engagement in electoral follow…
Meeting
Towards gender-responsive border management
ODIHR, together with UN Women and DCAF, is organizing an online discussion on 3 February 2023 to look into some of the persisting challenges and positive practices for the integration of a gender perspective in policy and programming…
Workshop
Training for Civil Society on Addressing Religion-Related Hate Crime
This online course, taking place on 1, 8 and 15 February 2023, 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…
January 2023
Seminar
Institutionalizing Gender Mainstreaming in Parliament: Participatory Gender Audits and Gender Action Plans
National parliaments of the OSCE region have a unique role to play in the gradual transformation of our societies towards gender equality. National parliaments are well placed to champion the objective of gender equality and promote gender…
Workshop
Workshop for Youth on Fostering Inclusion in Poland: Call for Applications (Krakow Edition)
ODIHR is organizing a series of workshops for Polish and Ukrainian young people on fostering equal, inclusive and cohesive societies throughout Poland as part of ODIHR’s “Advancing the Human Dimension of Security in Ukraine” project. In…