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Final report of the Independent Evaluation of the OSCE Trans-National Threats Department’s (TNTD/ATU) Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism Thematic Portfolio on ‘Strengthening Rule of Law Compliant Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism’. This evaluation was conducted by an external consultant in collaboration with the Office of Internal Oversight (OIO) in 2021. It proposes key recommendations to strengthen programming in the Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism thematic area, across the Organization.

OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 13 January 2022

996th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

28th OSCE Ministerial Council, Stockholm, 2-3 December 2021.

The report on “Illicit Financial Flows: the lifeblood of crime and corruption” provides an overview of the vulnerabilities that permit illicit money to be generated and moved in South-Eastern Europe (specifically in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia). The report provides analysis on the sources of the problem, as well as on the steps taken in these five countries to address the problem. In addition to reporting approximate monetary values, the report also refers to the impact of IFFs on the economies and societies of the region where possible. Examples of such impacts include depriving the licit economy of resources that are needed for sustainable development; eroding the functioning of criminal justice systems; weakening state institutions; and discouraging the public and private sector from investing in essential infrastructure.

E-MINDFUL on International Migrants Day, 17 December 2021.

The Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, in co-operation with the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, conducted an expert meeting on the role of independent National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms in enhancing States’ anti-trafficking responses. The discussions from the meeting serve as a basis for this issue brief and recommendations to the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation.