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First of its kind, this report was designed to identify — in 40 OSCE participating States — the market-leading online sites and platforms for the explicit and non-explicit selling of sexual services where victims of THB for sexual exploitation could be advertised. The report's findings are based on the mapping and analysis of almost 2,900 sex services websites across the OSCE region, containing over 3 million advertisements; detailed information about how these websites operate is provided. The research also lists information and data associated with the sites and, through an analysis based on trafficking indicators, examines whether they can be exposed to human trafficking's risks.

Working Session III- Role of Electoral Management Bodies in follow up, Chairmanship expert seminar on election management bodies, Vienna, 16-17 July 2009

The report “Towards a Culture of Accountability of Councils for the Judiciary” was undertaken for ODIHR by Judge Kees Sterk, Endowed Professor of Administration of European Justice, University of Maastricht, Former President of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) (2018 –

This report explores the ways in which women have been directly affected by conflict and experiences of VAW in the context of conflict versus non-conflict settings. It provides an overview of the prevalence, forms and nature of conflict-related violence in the region covered by the OSCE-led survey. The data collected provides information about the prevalence of conflict-related incidents of physical and sexual violence, sexual harassment and stalking in pre-conflict settings, during conflict and in post-conflict situations. This data had never been collected in the OSCE region before, and this report will feed into the OSCE’s work on conflict early warning.

Status Report No. 16 on Croatia's progress in meeting international committments since November 2004.

This report consists of information submitted to ODIHR by OSCE participating States in 2019. For an overview of efforts to commemorate and teach about the Holocaust in the OSCE region, please visit: https://www.osce.org/odihr/hmd2020.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Zagreb, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes. Central Asian Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty. Statement by the Chairperson on Permanent Council Decision No. 81 (annexed). Elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Prior to taking up the agenda, on behalf of the Permanent Council, the Chairperson welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Belarus to the OSCE, Ambassador Valery Voronetsky. Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General of the 2012 Unified Budget Proposal. Report by the OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners. Permanent Council Decision No. 1007 on the forwarding of a draft agenda to the Ministerial Council. New law on religion in Kazakhstan. Human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law in Azerbaijan. Seventeenth round of the Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the South Caucasus, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 4 October 2011. European Day and World Day Against the Death Penalty, celebrated on 10 October 2011. Verdict in the case of Ms. Yulia Tymoshenko. Recent violent events in Egypt. General election in Spain, to be held on 20 November 2011. Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan, to be held on 30 October 2011. Kyrgyzstan’s application for non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council.

1273rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Mr. Michael Georg Link, on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, held on 26 October 2014. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Russian NGOs Memorial Society and Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers. Proposal of the so-called treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on alliance and integration. Degrading treatment of Azerbaijani hostages and continuing grave violations of international humanitarian law by Armenia. Rights of children in Norway. Foreign fighters in Ukraine. Statement by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the Paris Summit on Nagorno-Karabakh, held on 27 October 2014. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.