Publications
Enforced and involuntary disappearances in dictatorship and authoritarian past and contemporary settings: A social, legal, and historical appraisal of transitional and transformation polices and mechanisms
Publishing date: 14 February 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Materials of international conference organized on 13-15 December 2021 in Tirana by OSCE Presence in Albania and University of Tirana’s Centre for Justice and Transformation.
Good Practices in Building Police-Public Partnerships
Publishing date: 29 June 2022
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This book by the OSCE Senior Police Adviser draws together the common basic principles and characteristics of community policing applied in the OSCE area and answers questions about what community policing is and what it is not.
Guide on Law Enforcement Equipment Most Commonly Used in the Policing of Assemblies
Publishing date: 2 July 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This guide, developed jointly by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Omega Research Foundation, seeks to share some of the technical knowledge monitors need to accurately and independently document the presence and manner of the use of law enforcement equipment during public assemblies.
From risk to resilience: The role of financial literacy in youth crime prevention
Publishing date: 13 January 2025
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
From risk to resilience: The role of financial literacy in youth crime prevention
Publishing date: 31 March 2025
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Policing, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
To evade prosecution, organized crime groups are increasingly targeting recruitment efforts towards young people under the age of criminal liability. The COVID-19 pandemic and security developments across the OSCE area exacerbated socio-economic vulnerabilities and risk factors, making young people more susceptible to being recruited into criminal networks and activities. This can put them on a path to long-term criminality, with significant consequences for themselves, victims, criminal justice systems and society as a whole. Research shows that by the age of 25, a single “multiple offender” has had – on average – 100 victims and generated EUR 1.7 million in social follow-up costs.1 Investing in effective youth crime prevention and strengthening youth resilience from an early age therefore have major economic and societal benefits, and contribute to good governance and the rule of law. This report builds on the OSCE’s longstanding focus on youth development and crime prevention, emphasizing the need for targeted strategies to mitigate vulnerabilities. The OSCE’s commitment to promoting the role and inclusion of youth in its security agenda dates back to its founding document, the Helsinki Final Act, and has been strengthened though many subsequent OSCE decisions. The OSCE’s mandate in combating organized crime underscores prevention as a key approach, as reaffirmed in the 2020 Tirana Declaration, which calls for a multi-stakeholder and gender-sensitive response.
Enhancing Co-Operation and Co-Ordination Between Prosecution And Judicial Police In Albania
Publishing date: 20 December 2019
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
An analysis of current status of the co-operation, co-ordination, and communication between the Prosecution and Judicial Police in Albania in order to establish the existing normative, professional and behavioural problems and to make recommendations for short-term action and long-term strategies
Gender and Security Toolkit – Tool 2: Policing and Gender
Publishing date: 18 December 2019
Collections: Gender and Security Toolkit
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Part of the Gender and Security Toolkit, this Tool explains:- why a gender perspective is important for policing;- what policing that advances gender equality and integrates a gender perspective looks like;- how policing can advance gender equality and integrate a gender perspective. The Tool
Using Bias Indicators: A Practical Tool for Police
Publishing date: 28 May 2019
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication presents a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, list of indicators that suggest a crime may have been bias-motivated. The eight sections in this document correspond with the main types of bias indicators developed and recommended for use by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Each of the sections includes a set of questions to guide investigators in deciding whether a particular bias indicator type is present in the case before them.
Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities in 2023
Publishing date: 30 October 2024
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report provides a comprehensive overview of all police-related projects, activities and events, which draw on the combined strength of the OSCE’s Institutions and its network of field operations, often cutting across the OSCE’s three security dimensions.
Human Rights Handbook on Policing Assemblies
Publishing date: 11 March 2016
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This handbook aims to provide guidance for the police in facilitating the right to assemble peacefully. The handbook has been written primarily for police officers working in the OSCE area who have command responsibilities, at any level, for the policing of public assemblies. The handbook outlines key steps and principles for careful police work with assemblies through considered and proportionate policing, having at its core the aim of facilitating the right to peaceful assembly. It provides guidance for the successful policing of assemblies based on the requirements of international human rights law and established good practice from across the OSCE area. Although the focus of the handbook is on “assemblies”, the guidance and recommended practices are also applicable to other types of gatherings (e.g., state occasions, sporting events).