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This document is a brief summary of the Occasional Paper N. 10 Applying Gender-Sensitive Approaches in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, based on findings from a multi-method research project, including surveys, interviews, and expert group meetings with participants from more than half of the OSCE participating States. By bringing together the voices of survivors, anti-trafficking experts, service providers, and law enforcement, this document offers a comprehensive account of gender aspects in trafficking in human beings. It also provides a basis for discussion about possible ways to apply gender-sensitive approaches to combating trafficking in human beings. The report, therefore, explores a number of gender-related aspects that are often not addressed in existing strategies in terms of prevention, protection, and prosecution.

This best practice guide was originally drafted and developed as Annex C – Man-portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) to the Best Practice Guide on National Procedures for Stockpile Management, Security and Destruction by the governments of the United States of America, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Russian Federation, Sweden and Turkey. This revision establishes a stand-alone, best practice guideline on National Procedures for Stockpile Management, Security and Destruction of Man-portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), drafted by the government of the United States of America with review and recommendations submitted from Germany, United Kingdom, Russian Federation, Switzerland and OSCE Field Offices.

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This practical guide is intended to support the full range of parliamentary actors — from parliamentary leadership teams, members of parliament, and political and parliamentary staff, to parliamentary practitioners and civil society organizations dealing with gender equality issues — in transforming these institutions into gender-sensitive parliaments.

The Diagnostic Tool is a practical tool for assessing shortcomings and strengths in national hate crime victim support structures and services. The primary purpose of the Tool is to enable hate crime victim support practitioners, officials, activists and policymakers to identify areas in their national systems that require improvement to enhance protection and support for victims of hate crime.

The objective of this compendium is to illustrate the main features of an effective individual needs assessment (INA) of hate crime victims, using existing practices and initiatives that have been developed in relation to different aspects of INAs in countries covered by ODIHR's EStAR project. The publication shows that a more robust approach to developing an INA as an essential post-victimization tool is necessary, and that greater recognition is required of the importance and utility of this tool in securing victims’ rights and enabling their access to relevant services to address needs.

In order to monitor and improve the work of all electoral bodies in Montenegro, especially the State Election Commission, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro conducted a public opinion poll on public perceptions and public confidence in electoral bodies in Montenegro.

The leaflet was developed with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, IFES Ukraine and Vodafone Ukraine for circulation in Ukraine’s government and public service institutions as part of ongoing campaign on safe use of modern information

The paper explores legislative amendments in the area of criminalization during the period of effect of 2001 Criminal Code of Ukraine. Special attention is paid to the tendencies of criminalization of the socially dangerous acts, social context in which they happened and the issues that arose as a