Publications

This Guide aims at presenting good practices and providing tools on how to shape gender-sensitive labour migration processes. Through this Guide, the aim is to encourage states, particularly those in the OSCE area, to include gender-sensitive measures in their labour migration policies. It has been prepared in particular for use by policymak-ers and practitioners. In so doing, it is hoped that labour migration policies will be developed in a more gender-just way in accordance with OSCE participating States’ common commitments and values.

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.

This assessment analyses the right to compensation for trafficked persons in international law through the lens of a wide range of international standards that relate to combating trafficking, the rights of crime victims, the rights of migrants, labour rights and the rights of victims of gender-based violence.

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.

Annual report on OSCE activities

An overview of teaching materials on anti-Semitism prepared in co-operation with the Anne Frank House.

ODIHR's annual report for 2007 on hate crimes and state responses within the OSCE region.

The 2009 Annual Report of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings provides an overview of the activities, achievements and challenges of the Special Representative Eva Biaudet's entire three-year term in office. It sets out the agenda that has guided the Special Representative work from 2007-2009, building upon the Platform for Action described in the 2007 Annual Report.

In this issue: Chairmanship; Kosovo Status Settlement; Ministerial Council Meeting in Brussels; President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania; OSCE and UNODC; Strategic Police Matters Unit