Publications
OSCE Support to Insider Mediation: strengthening mediation capacities, networking and complementarity
Publishing date: 13 December 2016
Collections: OSCE documents and publications on mediation
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This study on the OSCE’s engagement with insider mediators has been conducted by the Berghof Foundation and commissioned by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre/Operations Service Mediation Support Team jointly with the German OSCE Chairmanship. Insider mediators enjoy an inherent legitimacy and authority to engage with conflict actors and possess potential advantages in comparison to mediators coming from outside a conflict context. They are highly relevant for the OSCE as peacemakers, yet engagement requires acute sensitivity and strategizing. The study deliberates on some conceptual and operational considerations for OSCE support to insider mediation.
Security Community, 4/2014
Publishing date: 15 January 2015
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: Security Community
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In this issue: Not Business as Usual; Ministerial Council in Basel; Meet the Chairperson-in-Office; Waging Peace with Water; For a Plurilogue in Ukraine.
Working with Youth for Youth: Protection Against Radicalization
Publishing date: 1 December 2015
Events: 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Countering terrorism, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report is an output of the conference “Working With Youth and For Youth: Protection Against Radicalization”, organized by the Serbia's OSCE Chairmanship together with its Special Representatives on Youth and Security, from 03-04 September in Belgrade, Serbia. The conference aimed to provide a platform for discussion among young people, academia, participating States and civil society looking for a better understanding of the violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism, as well as to offer recommendations in approaching this phenomenon.
OSCE Annual Report 2013
Publishing date: 31 March 2014
Collections: OSCE Annual Reports
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Secretary General’s Annual Report gives an overview of the Organization's activities and its co-operation with partner states and other organizations.
Joint Guidelines on Freedom of Association
Publishing date: 1 January 2015
Collections: Publications on human rights protection within “Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts” Project
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The joint OSCE/ODIHR and Venice Commission Guidelines on Freedom of Association aim to offer advice and expertise on how to legislate on freedom of association-related matters, in a manner that is compliant with international human rights standards and OSCE commitments. They also reflect evolving good state practices, and are intended to enhance awareness of the above right in general. They will offer a practical toolkit to legislators tasked with drafting laws which regulate or affect associations, but also to associations, members of associations and human rights defenders, to support advocacy in this field of human rights law.
Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: A Community-Policing Approach
Publishing date: 17 March 2014
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This guidebook provides guidance on the central issues that can have an impact on the success or failure of police efforts to harness a community-policing approach to preventing terrorism and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism. It is primarily intended for policymakers and senior police professionals, but may also be a useful resource for members of civil society with an interest in these issues, in particular community leaders.
OSCE/ODIHR Annual Report 2013
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
Collections: ODIHR Annual Reports
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
ODIHR's annual report provides an overview of the Office's primary activities in the areas of elections, human rights, democratization, tolerance and non-discrimination, and Roma and Sinti issues.
Handbook on Media Monitoring for Election Observation Missions
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
Collections: Elections, Elections Publications, Tools and publications, ODIHR Publications, Election handbooks
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Freedom of expression and freedom of the media are essential to any democratic process, and the assessment of media coverage of election campaigns is a fundamental part of election observation methodology. This publication provides a succinct explanation of the media-monitoring methodology used by the OSCE/ODIHR in its election observation activities.
Commemorative book: 40th anniversary of Helsinki Final Act
Publishing date: 1 December 2015
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Forty years after its signing, the Helsinki Final Act remains the defining document that guides the work of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. This publication includes a historical timeline as well as spotlights on the different entities that make up the Organization in 2015.
Teaching about and Commemorating the Roma and Sinti Genocide: Practices within the OSCE Area
Publishing date: 4 November 2015
Collections: Roma and Sinti genocide
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe