Publications

In 2020, the OSCE Gender Issues Programme conducted a series of sub-regional expert meetings1 in order to take stock of progress towards fulfilment of OSCE commitments on preventing and combating violence against women and girls (VAWG)2. The meetings focused on two central themes: (1) the justice system response to VAWG and (2) services and support provided to survivors of violence. The aim of each meeting was to exchange information and to identify areas of progress as well as persistent challenges. The experts’ views and recommendations will ultimately contribute to shaping initiatives within the OSCE’s multi-year WIN- Women and Men Innovating and Networking for Gender Equality programme and also to overall organizational strategic planning to address the elimination of VAWG across the OSCE region.

In 2020, the OSCE Gender Issues Programme conducted a series of sub-regional expert meetings1 in order to take stock of progress towards fulfilment of OSCE commitments on preventing and combating violence against women and girls (VAWG)2.

This manual available in Serbian language was designed to assist judges/trainers in teaching the standardized course ”Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights in Administrative Justice”. The publication aims to better acquaint the judges and judicial assistant of the Administrative Court with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the resulting standards, given the challenges they face due to the wide jurisdiction of the Administrative Court, large influx of cases and lack of time to independently investigate this practice and it will be used as a part of the educational material for Serbian Administrative Court’s judges and judicial assistants.

This is the second public report by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina based on the monitoring of human trafficking and related cases completed before courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a review of relevant international standards and the national anti-trafficking legal framework, it examines abilities of the national criminal justice system to: effectively prosecute human trafficking and adequately punish those responsible for it; treat victims with dignity while protecting them from harmful consequences of their involvement in criminal proceedings; and facilitate victims’ right to seek compensation from offenders. The report closes with specific recommendations targeted at several key actors. These aim to improve the criminal justice response to human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

PREPARING A WORKSHOP FOR LAW STUDENTS: A brief guidebook with case studies for practical exercises in Hate Crimes, War Crimes and Crimes of Trafficking in Human Beings

The research was developed under the request of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine within the project "Supporting Legal Education Reform and Sustainable Human Rights School Education ". The research analyzes

This Catalogue contains information provided by civil society organizations from the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River and non-governmental organizations on the right bank with partnership experience across the Dniester/Nistru River. The list of organizations is not exhaustive; the information is presented only about organizations which expressed interest to be included in the Catalogue.

It is important to now what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime

Proceedings of the Max van der Stoel Award ceremony of 2020 (held in 2021).

This paper provides an overview of the current state of the art in research on corruption and gender. The paper addresses the important question of how men and women are impacted differently by corruption, focusing on areas that are relevant to the OSCE mandate. The discussion also highlights the issue of “sextortion”, a form of corruption that disproportionately affects women. The paper concludes by highlighting selected promising practices and proposes several approaches to mainstreaming gender into the anti-corruption work of the OSCE.