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Event archive
June 2021
Conference
2021 OSCE-wide Conference on Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors: Addressing Drug Trafficking and Related Organized Crime by Following the Money
The conference will provide a platform for experts from OSCE participating States, OSCE Partners for Co-operation, OSCE executive structures, including field operations, as well as international organizations and civil society to discuss…
May 2021
Meeting
Trends and Challenges in Addressing Human Trafficking in Central Asia: Civil Society and Survivor Perspectives
The event will discuss the current human trafficking trends in Central Asia and focus on the challenges experienced by civil society in providing assistance to victims and survivors of trafficking. It will further highlight the need to take…
Training
2021 Young Policy Advisers Course
This course is designed to strengthen knowledge of democratic institutions and OSCE commitments in the field of democratic governance
Roundtable
Launch of the Occasional Paper 'Applying Gender-Sensitive Approaches in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings'
The OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings is organizing a special focus event on the occasion of the launch of the occasional paper Applying gender-sensitive approaches in…
Seminar
Media and Reality: Dimensions of Responsibility
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine together with Aspen Institute Kyiv announces the selection of participants for the seminar “Media and Reality: Dimensions of Responsibility”, which will take place on May 26-30, 2021. The seminar aims to…
Meeting
Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting 2021
On 25 and 26 May, ODIHR will be hosting the Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting of 2021. Practitioners from selected OSCE field operations and NGOs from across the OSCE region will convene in an online meeting to discuss various issues related…
Training
OSCE-UNODA Scholarship for Peace and Security: Training on Arms Control and Disarmament
Do you want to learn about conflict prevention and resolution, arms control, confidence- and security-building measures, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, combatting illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons…
Meeting
Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development: Relevance and Best Practices in Central Asia
The event will present the Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development to representatives from civil registration and identification authorities from participating States in Central Asia. It will facilitate discussion and…
Seminar
“United 4 Change” Program for Young Political Activists 2021
This four-day webinar for a selective group of 20 civic activists and community leaders from the OSCE region will jumpstart their entrance into the public sector and politics by increasing their engagement in these fields. The programme…
Meeting
Combating violence against women through evidence-based law-making
ODIHR will bring together members of parliaments from all around the OSCE region to discuss how to develop better and more efficient laws protecting women and girls from all forms of violence. This webinar aims to: provide a platform to…
Training
Protecting human rights while countering terrorism: Sub-regional workshop
This sub-regional workshop will take stock of ongoing and emerging human rights challenges in the development and implementation of counter-terrorism laws, policy and practice, including when addressing the threats and challenges of…
Conference
Stockholm Conference on Media Freedom in the OSCE Region
The purpose of this conference is to examine and discuss the implementation of OSCE participating States’ commitments on the right to freedom of opinion and expression and media freedom as an integral part of the OSCE concept of…
Conference
Conflict Cycle Seminar “Ten years after Vilnius – Advancing an inclusive ‘whole-of-OSCE’ approach to prevent violent conflict and build sustainable peace”
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Ministerial Council Decision No. 3/11 on ‘Elements of the Conflict Cycle’, which has been instrumental in strengthening the OSCE’s capacities for early warning, conflict prevention and resolution…
Meeting
Human Rights Defenders in the Czech Republic: Findings and recommendations of ODIHR’s assessment visit
On 17 and 18 May 2021, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will hold a multi-stakeholder online meeting to discuss the findings of ODIHR’s 2019 assessment visit to the Czech Republic, focusing on the…
Roundtable
First expert meeting: International law and policy on disinformation in the context of freedom of the media
The expert meeting will analyze and discuss the international problem of how to counteract the dissemination of false reports and information detrimental to peace, security and co-operation, which has existed for a hundred years. There is a…
Conference
OSCE Regional Conference on Countering Terrorist Financing and Transnational Organized Crime
Cutting off sources of finance is of significant importance in global efforts to counter terrorism. Countering terrorist financing, while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms is key to preventing terrorist acts, supplying…