Publications

Anti-Christian hate crimes — criminal offences motivated by bias against Christians — are an extreme manifestation of intolerance that send a harmful message of exclusion to victims and their communities.

The aim of this guide is to encourage OSCE participating States to adopt good practices to address and prevent childhood statelessness, ensure universal birth registration and implement other positive measures to protect stateless children. It summarizes the international legal framework relating to the prevention of childhood statelessness and provides examples of good practices from selected OSCE participating States. The guide was jointly developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and UNHCR.

Anti-Roma racism and discrimination against Roma and Sinti communities continues to persist in various forms across the OSCE area. We often witness human rights violations and racist and discriminatory practices that impede the participation of Roma and Sinti in all walks of life.

Parliamentary oversight is one of the core tasks of parliaments and, alongside their legislative and representative roles, is a fundamental element of any effective system of democratic governance.

The report gives an overview of institutional matters and the activities undertaken throughout the year, with a glimpse on financial and administrative matters.