Publications

The Guidelines offer a practical toolkit for legislators and practitioners responsible for implementing laws by drawing on good-practice examples from national legislations in European and OSCE participating States and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights to illustrate the various legislative options used to regulate issues pertaining to the freedom of assembly.

This report presents an overview of all organized-crime-related activities of the OSCE in 2011 and provides an update on OSCE’s activities in support of the UNTOC, as well as the current status of ratification of the UNTOC convention among the participating States.

In this issue: Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut on the Review conference; Politico-Military Code of Conduct; Helsinki Committees; Energy security; Kyrgyzstan: Interview with Andrew Tesoriere; Tolerance conference; Support to local government.

This Fifth Occasional Paper in the Occasional Paper Series of the OSR/CTHB addresses and denounces the use of torture and other forms of ill-treatment by traffickers as a means to subjugate, control and punish trafficked people. It analyses under which circumstances trafficking can amount to torture or other forms of ill-treatment and it identifies the connection between both human rights violations from a clinical perspective. Importantly, the Paper provides the conceptual framework to understand what trafficking cases entail in terms of the physical and psychological effects on trafficked persons, and the legal and clinical implications that flow from this characterization, including in terms of legal entitlements. The Paper builds on the important work of the former UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Professor Dr. Manfred Nowak and the strong and long-standing clinical and policy experience of the British NGO, the Helen Bamber Foundation. Part 1 of the Paper authored by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights outlines and compares the existing legal frameworks on human rights, human trafficking as well as on torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Part 2 of the Paper examines the clinical links between human trafficking and torture, both in terms of the nature (physical and psychological) of the injuries from torture and ill-treatment, the impact of trafficking on victims and what this implies for effective assistance and sustained recovery This Occasional Paper is meant to provide a policy tool for decision makers and practitioners especially from the legal and medical sector dealing with human trafficking. Based on desk research, field work and case study analysis, it is also an excellent tool to inform the daily work of law enforcement, the judiciary, civil society, academia, the medical profession and the international community in their fight against human trafficking which should be firmly based on the rule of law and human rights.

This handbook provides guidance on how to design and implement sustainable mechanisms and structures to combat human trafficking and support victims. It also provides guidance on how to monitor and build the capacity of such mechanisms and structures.

The 11th issue of the e-newsletter issued by the Gender Section of the OSCE on a quarterly basis.

This yearbook is a record of the activities undertaken by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media during 2012. Preface by the 2012 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Eamon Gilmore; foreword by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović.

This book contains papers from the international and regional experts who spoke at the at the 13th Central Asia Media Conference Dushanbe, Tajikistan 29-30 November 2011, as well as additional matters, including the agenda and conference declaration.

This document is the second, revised edition of the ODIHR-Venice Commission Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, which were first published in 2007. The Guidelines offer a practical toolkit for legislators and practitioners responsible for implementing laws by drawing on good-practice examples from national legislations in European and OSCE participating States and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights to illustrate the various legislative options used to regulate issues pertaining to the freedom of assembly.

This publication provides the overview of legal framework and religious freedom implementation practice and activity of religious organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic. The information collected is intended to facilitate improvement of religious freedom legal regulation considering constitutional norms and the international commitments of the Kyrgyz Republic.