Publications

This year, the HCNM turns 25. What have we accomplished during the last quarter of a century? And what are our priorities and goals today? This photo book includes previously unpublished archive pictures and will guide you through the HCNM’s impressive legacy and diverse activities. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that people and communities live together in harmony, mutual respect and peace.

This publication, prepared by the Centre for OSCE Research (CORE) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, was released in November 2018 to mark the 25th anniversary of the HCNM. It contains personal reflections of the five consecutive High Commissioners about the work and the role of the HCNM.

Information about the mandate and the activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.

The Max van der Stoel Award recognizes extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in the OSCE participating States.

A set of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Recommendations on access to justice and national minorities

The handbook highlights the complex implications of statelessness for individuals, states and societies, with good practices and recommendations aiming to increase engagement and progress in addressing this phenomenon by OSCE participating States. The book was jointly developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and UNHCR.

Proceedings of the Max van der Stoel Award ceremony of 2016.

Proceedings and winners of the Max van der Stoel Award ceremonies of 2011 and 2014. The Max van der Stoel Award Commemorative Award 2014 Programme and 2011 Commemoration provides an overview of the award ceremony. It features the winners of the award in 2011, the Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje, and in 2014, Spravedlivost (a human rights NGO from southern Kyrgyzstan) and their activities to improve the position of national minorities in their respective OSCE participating States.

A needs assessment into the situation of formerly deported people in Crimea, Ukraine, identifying the main obstacles to integration and providing recommendations to overcome these challenges.

A report on the status, educational activity and operation of Moldovan-administered schools in Transdniestria teaching in the Latin script.