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Event archive
March 2021
General event
The Second OSCE-IFSH Essay Competition 2021: Conventional Arms Control and Confidence- and Security-Building Measures for Students and Young Professionals
Are you under 35 years old and interested in military security in Europe? Do you want to win up to €3,000 and present your work to diplomats in Vienna?
Meeting
The role of civil society in eliminating incentives for torture in Ukraine
This webinar is part of ODIHR’s work on torture prevention, specifically of our project on Advancing the Human Dimension of Security in Ukraine.
Meeting
The Relation between Police and Roma: Advancing the Human Dimension of Security in Ukraine
ODIHR is organising workshops related to the Odesa and Kyiv regions as part of its project titled “Advancing the Human Dimension of Security in Ukraine”
Meeting
Terrorist Use of the Internet - Designation of Illicit Content Online and Gaps in Regulatory Frameworks
This online event will help advance an understanding of the key challenges in designating and identifying and countering terrorist activity online within a human rights framework. Experts in the field will discuss the nature and scope of…
Training
Cyber Hygiene at Workplace. Trainings of Trainers
The purpose of the ToTs is to improve educators’ expertise in interactive methods of teaching on cybersecurity, cyberhygiene and data protection in cyberspace, safe and secure use of computer equipment at state/local authorities. The…
Meeting
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) I on Media Freedom and Gender Equality
ODIHR's Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on media freedom and gender equality will take place on 8-9 March 2021
Seminar
International Women's Day 2021: Live stream panel discussion on “Women’s Leadership in Peace Building and Conflict Prevention”
The OSCE has supported the development and strengthening of women’s leadership ranging from working with young women alumni of the OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security, to building capacity of networks of women in policing in Southeast…
Meeting
Upholding Human Rights of the Armed Forces Personnel: Publication Launch
On 5 March, ODIHR and the Geneva Sector for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) are launching a compendium aimed at ensuring the protection and enforcement of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of armed forces personnel. This…
Meeting
ODIHR’s Gender Matters series: Addressing Violence against Women in Politics
To open its “Gender Matters!” series of online briefings on gender equality in politics, ODIHR will feature world leading expert Professor Mona Lena Krook with an introduction to violence against women in politics. In her newest book, “…
Roundtable
Strategic Planning and Development of National Mine Action Programme in Ukraine
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine is organizing a regional mine action round table aimed to facilitate public involvement in state mine action policy formation and to increase knowledge of main humanitarian demining procedures in…
Roundtable
Tailings Storage Facilities: Threats to Transboundary Waters of Ukraine
Tailings storage facilities (TSFs) – earthen reservoirs, natural or artificially made in the natural environment, for industrial waste storage – present high hazard risk for water resources of Ukraine. As of 2019, there were 465 TSFs in…
February 2021
Workshop
Combatting torture in the OSCE region: Workshop for field operations
On 25 February 2021, ODIHR is organising a half-day online workshop for field operations around the OSCE region. This is meant to assist participating States in upholding their commitments on the prevention and eradication of torture and…
Conference
First Preparatory Meeting of the 29th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
The First Preparatory Meeting of the 29th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum dedicated to “Promoting comprehensive security, stability and sustainable development in the OSCE area through women’s economic empowerment ” will take place in…
Seminar
OSCE High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar
The OSCE will hold a High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar on 9 and 10 February 2021.
Conference
Chemical Safety and Security of Ukraine: Regulatory Framework, Border Control, Analytical Laboratory Capacities. Presentation
The event will sum up three years of the OSCE assistance to Ukraine in strengthening the country’s chemical safety and security. These efforts were aimed to support National authorities in implementing United Nations Security Council…
Meeting
Fair trial rights and trial monitoring during COVID-19: Expert meeting
On 4 February 2021, ODIHR will organise an online expert meeting to discuss a set of policy recommendations related to the observance of fair trial rights and trial monitoring during health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In this…