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Dialogue and partnership across religious and belief communities vital to strengthen human rights and security
Publishing date: 10 October 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Dialogue and partnership across religious or belief communities play an invaluable role in strengthening human rights and security, participants agreed at the launch of a new guide entitled Belief, Dialogue and Security by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference this week.
Challenges to the fundamental right to monitor assemblies in focus at ODIHR event
Publishing date: 8 October 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
A new report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the right to monitor assemblies was discussed during a side event at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference this week.
Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were competitive amidst legal reform but lacked genuine public engagement, international observers say
Publishing date: 7 October 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO – Yesterday’s local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were competitive and efficiently prepared with fundamental freedoms respected, following extensive changes to election legislation imposed by the High Representative to increase the integrity of the election process, despite insufficient efforts to promote public engagement, international observers said in a statement today.
ODIHR marks 20 years of legislative assistance, helping states across the OSCE region improve their laws to strengthen democracy
Publishing date: 7 October 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) marked two decades of providing legislative assistance to nearly 40 states with an event to discuss the importance of human rights-compliant legislation and good lawmaking for strong democracies and ODIHR’s role in this process, which took place during the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.
Reporting violations and giving a voice to victims of the war in Ukraine in focus of ODIHR event
Publishing date: 7 October 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The human rights monitoring carried out in Ukraine by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) since Russia’s military attack on 24 February 2022 was the topic of discussion at an event held during the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference on 4 October 2024.
Integrating the experiences of survivors is vital to fighting human trafficking effectively, ODIHR says
Publishing date: 2 October 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Including trafficking survivors' experiences is crucial to fight against human trafficking effectively, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said at the launch of its new guidance on establishing National Survivor of Trafficking Advisory Councils (NSTACs) during the 2024 Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.
ODIHR tools support Ukrainian courts in ensuring the right to a fair trial in war crimes cases
Publishing date: 2 October 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
With Ukrainian legislation not fully adapted to allow effective prosecution and adjudication of international crimes following the Russian Federation’s military attack in 2022, domestic courts are struggling to process the more than 130,000 suspected incidents of war crimes in Ukraine. Tools and training offered by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are becoming all the more important, participants agreed at an event during the 2024 Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.