Publications

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

This issue features an interview with new OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, and a series of special reports covering the OSCE's work in promoting Aarhus Centres across our region.

These guidelines, which focus on human rights education in secondary schools, aim to support systemic and effective human rights learning for all young people.

This publication looks into the state of discrimination based on ethnicity. This survey, or situational analysis, was carried out in the second half of 2010 by the Macedonian Center for International Co-operation (MCIC), at the initiative by OSCE and with the support of the Secretariat for the Implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (SIOFA).

Under the Dayton Agreement, the OSCE is mandated to closely monitor the human rights situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). As part of this mandate, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (“OSCE BiH” or “the Mission”) has also monitored criminal proceedings before all courts in BiH since 2004. The Mission has paid particular attention to the issue of the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, these being absolute prerequisites to the rule of law and a fundamental guarantee of a fair trial.

This manual is intended to provide an introduction to the broad areas of knowledge, skills, and techniques necessary to conduct field investigations into war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. It is aimed at prosecutors, investigators and other investigation staff; all those whose duties bring them into contact with criminal investigations of this nature.

The guidebook summarizes the programmes, activities and goals of political parties running for 6 May parliamentary elections in Armenia. It was prepared by the Foundation for Civil and Social Development (FCSD) with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan and USAID/Counterpart International. The

This publication, issued by the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, and the OSCE Transnational Threats Department- Strategic Police Matters Unit, summarizes several years of joint efforts to bridge gaps in the knowledge and capacity of practitioners who are working to counter money laundering and trafficking in human beings. Much of the research contained herein was identified during the OSCE/UNODC Expert Seminar on Leveraging Anti-Money Laundering Regimes to Combat Human Trafficking, held in Vienna on 3-4 October 2011. This publication provides background and information to help practitioners to operationalize the intersection of human trafficking and money laundering.

A summary prepared by the OSCE Presence in Albania

This handbook offers a survey of trends, examples, questions for consideration and recommendations to guide national human rights institutions in strengthening their capacity and practical work on women’s rights and gender equality.