Publications

A practical tool in setting effective legislation to counter hate crime.

The report outlines a spectrum of violence, ranging from intimidation, threats, vandalism and assault to arson and murder. It includes a set of recommendations to help OSCE participating States improve their national legal systems and provide them with tools for effectively combating hate crimes.

In this issue: Message from the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev; OSCE Summits in changing times; Vienna Document; Transnational threats; OSCE engagement with Afghanistan; Anniversaries.

These Guidelines have been developed to support educators in countering intolerance and discrimination against Muslims. They are intended for a wide audience, including education policymakers and officials, teacher trainers, teachers, principals and head teachers, staff in teacher unions and professional associations, and members of NGOs.

Inside the OSCE’s magazine: a special section on energy explores innovations in harnessing the sea, the sun and the wind.

This Practice Note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender issues into SSR assessment and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), as well as practical information on doing so.

The scope of this Joint Opinion covers only the Draft Amendments, submitted for review, and the legislation that they are amending. Thus limited, the Joint Opinion does not constitute a full and comprehensive review of the entire legal and institutional framework governing the status and disciplinary responsibility of judges in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Guidebook of questions and answers to promote media self-regulation, boost the quality of journalism and help improve the overall situation of media freedom in the OSCE area.

In this issue: the visit of OSCE Ambassadors to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; promoting access to INTERPOL databases; mediators in southern Kyrgyzstan; a day in the life of an OSCE Community Security Initiative Officer; articles on media freedom, including an interview with Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media; and an obituary of Max van der Stoel.

This commemorative study is about history, development, achievements and outreach of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security – the OSCE’s key document for the democratic control of the armed and security forces. The purpose of the study is to raise awareness of the Code and improve its implementation and outreach. It is intended for the general public including the media, NGOs, and in particular parliamentarians, practitioners, experts and academics dealing with the Code in all its aspects.