Publications

Part of the Gender and Security Toolkit, this Tool:- sets out in more detail why it is important to integrate a gender perspective into policies and practices concerning places of deprivation of liberty, covering key definitions related to the topic, including a discussion on non-binary

Roma and Sinti youth represent a population of growing importance in the OSCE region. The average age of Roma and Sinti in the European Union is just 25 years, compared with an average age of 40 for non-Roma and Sinti people. Roma and Sinti youth continue to be stigmatized and experience unequal access to opportunities. Marginalization and discrimination often prevent them from fulfilling their potential and discourage them from participating in public and political life. Roma and Sinti women have even more limited access to participation, due to multiple forms of discrimination they face by virtue of their ethnicity and gender. When Roma and Sinti are not involved in politics their views and interests are not represented in relevant decision-making bodies and processes, which further isolates them.

Part of the  Gender and Security Toolkit, the Tool:- describes why gender is important to the work of intelligence services, and introduces key concepts concerning intelligence, control and oversight of the intelligence sector, and gender;- explains how an intelligence service that embraces and

Part of the Gender and Security Toolkit, this Tool:- describes why gender is important to the work of the justice sector and introduces key concepts;- provides a vision of what a justice sector that integrates a gender perspective into its work and advances gender equality will look like;-

This is the 2018-2019 Report produced by the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (SR/CTHB) in line with its mandate as outlined in OSCE Ministerial Council Decisions No. 02/03 and 03/06. This report provides a summary of the full range of activities carried out by the Office of the SR/CTHB, with additional sections that focus on the work of the OSCE’s executive structures and field operations. This publication aims to foster increased awareness and understanding of human trafficking itself, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities currently facing the anti-trafficking community.

This toolkit makes actionable proposals for OSCE mediation actors, the Chairmanship, participating States, and Executive Structures on how to increase women’s inclusion in official negotiation processes in the OSCE area in order to support conflict resolution efforts. The lack of women’s meaningful participation in peace processes remains a major challenge in global efforts to effectively resolve violent conflict. By including women’s perspectives in conflict resolution efforts, the diverse needs of affected societies can be better addressed, thereby reducing the likelihood of relapse into conflict.

The OSCE participating States have made a number of commitments regarding the issue of gender equality, women´s participation in efforts to promote peace and security and equal opportunities within the security services, including the armed forces, to allow for balanced recruitment, retention and promotion of women and men. In line with its mandate to assist participating States in the implementation of human dimension commitments, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has mapped the inclusion and situation of women in the armed forces in the OSCE region through a questionnaire addressed to delegations of all 57 OSCE participating States. The information received from delegations provides a baseline against which to measure progress, gather best practices and support the assistance ODIHR provides to participating States.

This guidebook presents intelligence-led policing (ILP) as a modern and proactive law enforcement model, and a realistic alternative to traditionally reactive forms of policing for OSCE participating States. ILP, which has already been adopted in a number of countries in recent years with promising results, combines intelligence gathering, evaluation and analysis with informed decision-making procedures and mechanisms, thus providing more efficient and effective management of national law enforcement.

This report provides the results from a survey of hate crime victimization carried out in North Macedonia in June and July 2018. The survey, first of this kind carried in the country, presents a more comprehensive account of hate crime victimization in North Macedonia and its impact that had been available to date, as well as identifies the extent of underreporting of hate incidents by surveying a range of different communities of majority and minority social identity on the basis of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and political beliefs. The report aims at offering evidence as to the need to develop effective measures that respond to and combat the problem, guide targeted policy and strategy by national and local authorities, and support civil society organizations in their advocacy work.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has continuously worked on countering hate crime by strengthening the role of criminal justice systems in addressing this phenomenon. The two-year project “Building a Comprehensive Criminal Justice Response to Hate Crime” will use tailored, innovative approaches at national levels as a laboratory and source of inspiration for transnational solutions.