Publications

These Guidelines were jointly prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) and by the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission and adopted by the Venice Commission at its 125th online Plenary Session (11–12 December 2020).

This updated edition of the Guidelines provides tools for OSCE executive structures and their staff to pursue a coherent and co-ordinated approach to supporting nationally-led Security Sector Governance and Reform processes.

Online social networking sites have moved election campaigns into a new era of communication, in which voters have wider channels to express their opinions. While social networking sites provide space for voters to enhance their direct participation in campaigns and enable electoral contestants to better mobilize support, the use of social networks, especially during election campaigns, carries a wide array of challenges.

The purpose of the “ Gender mainstreaming in OSCE Aarhus Activities ” guidelines is to assist AarhusCentre staff and Aarhus stakeholders to effectively integrate a gender perspective into their work andto realize national and international commitments on gender equality, strengthening good

This toolbox is created to support the integration of youth perspectives in a systematic and practical manner, strengthening the democratic principle OSCE Mission to Serbia is nurturing: “nothing about youth, without youth”. Guidelines for youth mainstreaming contains practical tools for everyday operationalization of youth inclusion principle. In addition to theoretical framework on youth policies, it’s content is divided in three modes: Enthusiast, Hero and All-star, representing different layers of possible interventions throughout project cycle management and on a strategic level.

A new UNESCO and ODIHR co-publication takes up the challenge of educating learners to resist contemporary anti-Semitism at a time when the issue is becoming ever more crucial around the world. It suggests concrete ways to address anti-Semitism, counter prejudice and promote tolerance through education, by designing programmes based on a human rights framework, global citizenship education, inclusiveness and gender equality. It also provides policymakers with tools and guidance to ensure that education systems build the resilience of young people to anti-Semitic ideas and ideologies, violent extremism and all forms of intolerance and discrimination, through critical thinking and respect for others.

Based on standards established in international commitments, these Guidelines to Promote the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities are a practical resource for OSCE participating States to strengthen the ability of democratic institutions – namely, political parties and parliaments – to engage and empower persons with disabilities in political processes.

While the definition and scope of the term “foreign terrorist fighter” (FTF) is controversial, in recent years it has been commonly used to refer to individuals who have travelled from their home states to other states to participate in or support terrorist acts, including in the context of armed conflict, especially in Iraq and Syria. This document seeks to provide states with recommendations, and supporting analysis, on some of the key human rights issues that they must grapple with as they seek to respond to the threats posed by FTFs in a manner that is consistent with human rights and the rule of law. Following a brief overview of background facts, international and national responses, this document offers a series of recommendations for a human rights-compliant approach to addressing the flow and return of FTFs.

The national guidelines on the general principles regarding non-punishment provision of victims of trafficking in human beings encompasses a set of measures and activities to be taken by police officers, state prosecutors and judges to act on the special urgency in order to respond duly by focusing on the protection of the victims' human rights.

The publication offers a set of practical measures designed to enhance the identification of victims of human trafficking by front-line professionals engaged in migrant and refugee reception procedures in the OSCE region.