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Event archive
September 2025
Meeting
Addressing religious intolerance: the challenges, opportunities and needs of religious or belief communities
Across the OSCE region, people from diverse religious or belief communities continue to face intolerance and discrimination, including prejudice, exclusion and hate crimes. These challenges not only affect the security of the targeted…
General event
Switzerland to outline 2026 OSCE Chairpersonship priorities to OSCE Permanent Council
On 18 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Ignazio Cassis, will outline the priorities of the incoming Swiss Chairpersonship for 2026 to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. This address marks an important moment in…
Workshop
Safeguarding Electoral Integrity in the Western Balkans: Strengthening Oversight and Trust
As part of the “Support to Electoral Reforms in the Western Balkans” project, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will organize the regional workshop “Safeguarding Electoral Integrity in the Western Balkans…
Training
40th Border Management Senior Staff Course
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is pleased to announce that the OSCE Border Management Staff College (OSCE BMSC) is launching a new call for applicants for its 40th Border Management Senior Staff Course from…
Training
Call for applications: Model OSCE
Conference
Finland’s 2025 OSCE Chairpersonship Forum: Building a Resilient Future in a Changing Climate
Finland’s 2025 OSCE Chairpersonship Forum “Building a Resilient Future in a Changing Climate” will take place at Czernin Palace, Loretánské nám. 5, 118 00 Prague, on 11-12 September 2025 and will focus on the following topics: advancing the…
Conference
Sub-regional conference: addressing anti-Semitism through education
OSCE participating States have long recognized the critical importance of education in addressing all forms of prejudice and discrimination, including anti-Semitism. In particular, they have committed to a wide range of actions to address…
Training
Gender Equality in Politics - Specialised Course for Staff of Governmental Bodies for Gender Equality
Advancing gender equality in politics remains a low priority for many countries' governments. At the same time, governmental bodies for gender equality (so-called IMGEs) rarely have an opportunity to receive in-depth training on gender…
August 2025
Training
Lviv International Law Summer School
To equip future legal professionals with knowledge and instruments to effectively protect human rights and apply international law in times of war and after the end of hostilities, the Ukrainian Catholic University in cooperation with the…
July 2025
Seminar
Trial Advocacy and the Application of International Law in the Domestic Adjudication of War Crimes in Ukraine - Session I
ODIHR is hosting a webinar series for Ukrainian legal professionals - “Trial Advocacy and the Application of International Law in the Domestic Adjudication of War Crimes in Ukraine.” This first session of the webinar series is about…
Conference
Helsinki+50 Conference: Respecting the Legacy, Preparing for the Future
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, Finland will organize a high-level conference at Finlandia Hall on 31 July 2025. While the conference respects and pays tribute to the legacy of Helsinki 1975, it also reminds us that…
Meeting
ODIHR Advisory Panel on the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities
This annual meeting is a chance to expand research, network with colleagues and disseminate knowledge about the political participation of people with disabilities in the OSCE region. In 2025, with support of the OSCE's Chairperson-in…
Conference
OSCE Chairpersonship Youth Forum – from Helsinki to the next 50 years
The OSCE Chairpersonship Youth Forum was convened in Helsinki on 29 and 30 July 2025, on the 10th anniversary year of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2250. The event was organized with and for youth, taking stock of the…
Meeting
Prevention of Childhood Statelessness: Publication Launch
Statelessness remains a pressing human rights issue, particularly for children who, without a nationality, are often denied access to basic rights such as education, healthcare, and legal protection. The objective of the event is to launch…
Ceremony
Children Affected by War to Receive Support in Three New Spaces to Open in Ternopil Region with OSCE Support
On 23–24 July 2025, three specially equipped support spaces will open in Ternopil region to provide psycho-social support to children affected by the war and their parents in various communities across the region. The project is implemented…
Training
International Law Summer Academy 2025
Leading experts in international law, European Union law, legal theory and philosophy, judges of the European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court, representatives of international organizations, as well as national and international…