Publications

News in Brief, 9 May 2005

News in Brief, 26 April 2005

This report highlights the impact of activities carried out by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in 2023.

The Centre for Democracy and Human Rights NGO in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro conducted this research for the period from September through November 2014 with two main goals: measuring a social status of journalists and journalists’ views on journalism as a profession.

The publication “Twenty years of parliamentary gender equality mechanisms in Serbia” was developed in 2023 on the occasion of the 20-year anniversary of the establishment of the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Gender Equality, as well as the 20-year anniversary of the establishment of the gender equality mechanism in the Parliament of Vojvodina. It provides a detailed review of the status of the parliamentary gender equality mechanisms at national and provincial level, focusing on the role and effectiveness of the Committee for Gender Equality and includes recommendations for improvements of both mechanisms, such as measures to increase the representation and participation of women in parliament and its committees, and ways to enhance the effectiveness of the Committee. By highlighting the achievements and challenges of the mechanism, the publication serves as a valuable resource for members of the NA Committee for Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality, but also all MPs, authorities at state and local level, civil sector, general public and researchers. The publication is available in Serbian and in English.

The publication “The Stockholm Convention in a Europe in Crisis” presents a selection of the proceedings of the seminar held on 24 November 2022 in Stockholm to mark the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE. The first part of the conference covered topics related to the origins of the 1992 Stockholm Convention, its assets and challenges as well as the obstacles faced, while looking at different methods of peaceful settlement of disputes in today’s world: arbitration, conciliation, mediation. The second part featured a forward-looking approach and scrutinized the role of the Court within the different mechanisms provided by the OSCE, keeping in mind the spirit of Helsinki. The seminar’s conclusions allowed to draw a new roadmap for the 1992 Stockholm Convention and to adapt its discourse to conflicts and challenges that Europe is facing today. The anniversary event was jointly organized by the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and the Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice, University of Stockholm.

Almost all OSCE participating States use some form of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in their electoral processes. These technological developments inevitably bring certain benefits but also many challenges that were not common for traditional, paper-based elections.

This book by the OSCE Senior Police Adviser draws together the common basic principles and characteristics of community policing applied in the OSCE area and answers questions about what community policing is and what it is not.

The quality of laws is a direct consequence of how they are developed and discussed. Lawmaking procedures and practices should follow democratic principles, adhere to the rule of law and comply with international human rights obligations and standards. At the same time, they should be evidence-based, open and transparent, participatory and inclusive, and subject to effective oversight.