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Hate Monitor Report, July 2023
Publishing date: 31 August 2023
It is important to know what a hate crime is. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.
Response by the Delegation of the United States of America to the Questionnaire on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Publishing date: 21 August 2023
Information Exchange on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Information Exchange by the Delegation of the United States of America on Conventional Arms Transfer
Publishing date: 21 August 2023
Conventional Arms Transfer
Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 and the Opinion of the External Auditor
Publishing date: 30 August 2023
Collections: OSCE Financial Reports
These Financial Statements have been audited by the External Auditor appointed by the Permanent Council (PC), the Cour des Comptes of France, who expressed an unmodified (unqualified) opinion that they present a fair view of the OSCE’s finances in 2022. They are now final and have been circulated to the Advisory Committee on Management and Finance (ACMF) and the External Auditor has presented his main findings to the Committee and to the PC. However, the PC has been unable to date to find consensus on acceptance of the Financial Statements
Journal of the 1437th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 August 2023
The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.
Kyrgyzstan: Interim Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on the Mass Media (as of 13 May 2023)
Publishing date: 28 August 2023
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
This Joint Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights following a request from the Ombudsperson of Kyrgyzstan.
Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Labour Exploitation in Supply Chains Analysis of Legal, Institutional and Policy Framework in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 28 August 2023
Trafficking in human beings (THB) for labor exploitation is a complex phenomenon in and a pressing issue in that today’s global economy, which is characterized by highly complex and multi-layered supply chains containing goods, materials, and labor from all corners of the globe. The problem has been recognized at the international level since the adoption of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children.
Statement by the Delegation of Germany on the Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 August 2023
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 August 2023