Publications
Understanding Hate Crimes: A Handbook for Albania
Publishing date: 1 August 2012
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This book has been prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in conjunction with the OSCE Presence in Albania. This booklet aims to help the police, prosecutors, judges, legislators, local authorities and NGOs better understand the problem of hate crimes.
Handbook on Media Monitoring for Election Observation Missions
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
Collections: Elections, Elections Publications, Tools and publications, ODIHR Publications, Election handbooks
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Freedom of expression and freedom of the media are essential to any democratic process, and the assessment of media coverage of election campaigns is a fundamental part of election observation methodology. This publication provides a succinct explanation of the media-monitoring methodology used by the OSCE/ODIHR in its election observation activities.
Handbook for the Observation of Voter Registration
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
Collections: Elections, Elections Publications, Tools and publications, ODIHR Publications, Election handbooks
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The purpose of this handbook is to provide guidance on how to approach voter registration as part of the overall observation of an election. While ODIHR has included voter registration in its general methodology for observing elections, this handbook aims to provide a more systematic and comprehensive approach to observing this critical part of the election process.
Hate Crimes in the OSCE Region – Incidents and Responses: Annual Report for 2010
Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Annual report
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
The report shows that hate crime remains a significant problem across the OSCE region, undermining personal, neighbourhood and state security, and eroding confidence across and among communities. People were killed, injured or otherwise harmed when they were targeted in 2010 for no other reason than being perceived as belonging to a specific ethnic, “racial”, religious or other group.
Factsheet on the War Crimes Justice Project
Publishing date: 26 October 2011
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This 4-million Euro project, funded by the EU and implemented jointly by ODIHR, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the UN’s Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), together with the OSCE field operations, successfully transferred knowledge on war crimes cases from the ICTY to the region and supported the consolidation of the capacity of national jurisdictions handling the war crimes caseload.
Selection of judges in the Kyrgyz Republic and international standards on judicial independence: Final Report, 30 March 2012
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Upon request of the newly established Council for the Selection of Judges (CSJ) of the Kyrgyz Republic, a number of organizations and donors hosted a training seminar for the members of the Council on 3-4 November 2011. The seminar was co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, the EU-funded EU-UNDP Kyrgyz Republic Legal Framework Support Project, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan, and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). As a result of the seminar and meetings, stakeholders of judicial reform in Kyrgyzstan including Members of Parliament, a representative of the Presidential Administration, members of civil society and the CSJ members, requested that the main recommendations and observations made during the seminar be officially shared with the relevant authorities in Kyrgyzstan. The present report serves this purpose and is intended to provide some guidance and additional considerations for the continuing reform debate related to the selection of judges in the Kyrgyz Republic
Guidelines for Educators on Countering Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims: Addressing Islamophobia through Education
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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.
OSCE/ODIHR Annual Report 2010
Publishing date: 18 May 2011
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
ODIHR's Annual Report 2010 provides an overview of the Office's primary activities in the areas of elections, human rights, democratization, tolerance and non-discrimination, and Roma and Sinti issues.
The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2011
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
Content type: Study / report
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 paper is intended to provide a concise update to highlight changes in the status of the death penalty in OSCE participating States since the previous publication and to promote constructive discussion of this issue. It covers the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.
Gender Equality in Elected Office: A Six-Step Action Plan
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
Collections: Promoting women’s political participation and gender equality, Tools and publications, ODIHR Publications
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
To provide an assessment of opportunities for enhancing women’s political participation across the OSCE region, this report sets out the general picture of women’s representation in OSCE participating States and reviews the impact of each of the institutional strategies discussed in the Six-Step Action Plan.