Publications
Using Bias Indicators: A Practical Tool for Police
Publishing date: 28 May 2019
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication presents a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, list of indicators that suggest a crime may have been bias-motivated. The eight sections in this document correspond with the main types of bias indicators developed and recommended for use by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Each of the sections includes a set of questions to guide investigators in deciding whether a particular bias indicator type is present in the case before them.
Democracy and Human Rights in the OSCE: The ODIHR Annual Report 2023
Publishing date: 14 March 2024
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report highlights the impact of activities carried out by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in 2023.
2023 Report on the Activities of the Permanent Working Group for Safety of Journalists
Publishing date: 7 March 2024
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The 2023 Annual Report on the Activities of Permanent Working Group for Safety of Journalists (PWG) was written by its members Nataša Jovanović (Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation) and Veran Matić (Association of Independent Electronic Media) as well as by Miroslav Janković from the OSCE Mission to Serbia.
Information Disputes Council: Collection of Opinions
Publishing date: 17 December 2012
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This bilingual publication in English and Armenian comprises a collection of 19 opinions concerning court cases filed against the media that the Information Disputes Council published since its establishment in 2011 until October 2012. The opinions are presented in thematic categories such as
ODIHR Public Ethics and Integrity Toolkit: Guidelines for Parliaments
Publishing date: 11 December 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This tool is designed to support national parliaments in OSCE participating States in developing parliamentary integrity systems. It provides a concise roadmap for designing and implementing a code of conduct for MPs from scratch, as well as guidance for parliaments that want to improve their existing integrity systems.
Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities in 2022
Publishing date: 6 November 2023
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report provides a comprehensive overview of all police-related projects, activities and events, which draw on the combined strength of the OSCE’s Institutions and its network of field operations, often cutting across the OSCE’s three security dimensions.
Ensuring Human Rights Compliance in Cybercrime Investigations
Publishing date: 13 October 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Guide aims to raise awareness among criminal justice practitioners of the implications that the investigation of cybercrimes and other crimes involving electronic evidence can have for human rights, and to support them to uphold human rights in their daily investigative work.
Guidelines for monitoring online violence against female journalists
Publishing date: 3 October 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Annual Report 2004
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
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 Annual Report on OSCE activities provides an overview of the Organization's activities in its field operations and institutions as well as its co-operation with other international organizations.
Guidelines on Shifting the Burden of Proof of the Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination
Publishing date: 10 July 2023
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication aims at clarifying the procedural legal concept of shifting the burden of proof, its meaning and scope, as well as all open issues during practical implementation of the proceedings before the Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination and the national court, to ensure effective application of the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination. It also focuses on helping legal practitioners in acquiring knowledge and skills in the area of equality law and the principle on non-discrimination, thus examples from the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, as well as comparative practices from European countries, are widely used.