Publications

The concept of a gender-sensitive parliament rests on mainstreaming gender equality right across the work of a parliament, including in its representative, legislative and oversight functions. This tool shows how parliamentary bodies for gender equality are one of the key gender mainstreaming mechanisms available to national parliaments, and assesses their role and function within parliaments.

In 2024 the OSCE Mission in BiH supported four committees of both houses of the Parliament of Federation of BiH4 in holding three thematic sessions on domestic violence. This collaboration was the result of a need for an increased and strategic approach towards the gender-based violence issue that needed an urgent respond and long-standing co-operation between the Mission and the key stakeholders and decision-makers.

The Justice Monitor is a publication of the observations of OSCE monitors in the first instance courts in Kosovo. The Justice Monitor aims to provide policymakers and justice sector actors with indicators not otherwise available to assist in the identification of compliance gaps in the administration of justice and the tracking of progress achieved in closing those gaps.

The Trial Monitoring Programme was developed by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in partnership with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. The analysis in this final report includes a summary of the findings for the entire monitoring period. It compares the current situation with the findings of the first two interim reports. It notes any differences between Chişinău courts and those located in the southeast of the country. In addition, this final report presents the Moldovan legal community, the donor community and other interested parties with a series of recommendations on how the problems identified might be addressed.

Since the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, the OSCE region has experienced a number of conflicts that have not only destabilized the region but have also had a very negative impact on human rights and fundamental freedoms, triggering grave humanitarian consequences and human suffering. Unfortunately, the tensions, crises and conflict situations continue to this day. In 2023, according to UNHCR, displacement has reached approximately 27 million, including internal displacement within the OSCE region. This number includes those displaced from Ukraine since February 2022. At times of conflict, protection under International and Regional Human Rights Law and International Refugee Law is complemented by the protection offered under International Humanitarian Law, all mirrored in OSCE Commitments.

This Practical Guide was published by the Association for the Prevention of Torture with support of the generous support of the Foreign Ministries of Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, as well as the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE. Translation into Azerbaijani language was initiated by Azerbaijan's Commissioner on Human Rights (Ombudsman) and supported by the OSCE Office in Baku.

Scoping study on addressing shared climate-related security challenges and strengthening resilience in the South Caucasus through fire risk reduction.

The publication provides guidelines to representatives of local-self government in Serbia on how to be more accountable for their actions and enable the public to obtain clear information from them.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has actively assisted Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to implement justice sector reforms to better protect the human rights of individuals and to better administer justice. One of its focal areas has been on strengthening the capacity of the justice system to handle war crimes proceedings in a fair and efficient manner. BiH’s success in prosecuting war crimes has been an indicator of its ability to begin to overcome the past, foster reconciliation, and build strong institutions.