Publications

ODIHR continued in 2004 to conduct a broad range of activities towards fostering democracy and the rule of law, promoting and protecting human rights, addressing pertinent shortcomings, and assisting participating States in the implementation of their commitments.

Annual report of the Secretary General on police-related activities in 2003, submitted in accordance with Decision 9, par. 6, of the Bucharest Ministerial Council Meeting, 4 December 2001

The 2008 Annual Report of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings covers the work of the Special Representative between January and October 2007; its content is based on responses by the participating States to a survey questionnaire distributed by the SR in July 2007. It considers: 1) National Co-ordination Mechanisms; 2) National Action Plans; and 3) National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. These three elements constitute the core co-ordinating tools used by participating States to plan, organize and implement measures to combat trafficking in human beings. The scope of the report does not include evaluation of the quality of individual participating States' implementation of these mechanisms. A number of annexes complement the Report, offering, amongst other things: highlights of the 2007 OSCE Field Operations Survey on National Co-ordination Mechanisms, National Action Plans, and National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms; an analysis and brief overview by the ODIHR on its activities and achievements in 2007 and 2008 relevant to the theme of the report; and a summary of the main activities of the OSR in 2008.

ODIHR's annual report for 2007 on hate crimes and state responses within the OSCE region.

Published by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the book serves to showcase examples of multi-stakeholder approaches to Internet Governance from across the OSCE region.

The second Occasional Paper focuses on the specifics of labour exploitation, particularly the identification, prevention and prosecution of offenders with the final goal of preventing trafficking and bringing justice for victims. The text is based on the 3rd and 5th Alliance in Trafficking in Persons Conferences and aims to assist participating States in the development and implementation of national anti-trafficking policy in compliance with OSCE commitments and other international obligations.

Publication produced by the Center for Socio-Economic Research and Analysis and commissioned by the OSCE Office in Yerevan

Annual report by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities

This book is about the nature of police capacity-building and its specific role in support of the process of reform in police organizations in transition states, particularly those in a post-conflict period. It is written by a practitioner and is primarily intended for practitioners (capacity-building specialists) and the international organizations and states that fund or provide the practitioners. It is hoped that the beneficiaries themselves, the police organizations undergoing a reform process, might also benefit from the ideas and experiences contained in this book.

Report on the prosecution of crimes related to the 2005 local elections.