Publications
Delegates' Handbook
Publishing date: 28 November 2024
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Media Handbook
Publishing date: 28 November 2024
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Employment: The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion or Belief of Women at Work
Publishing date: 20 November 2024
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Women have the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief (FoRB), including in employment. In practice however, many women face a range of challenges related to their religion or belief. This threatens not only their right to FoRB, but also their effective participation in the labour market on an equal footing with men.
Training сatalogue
Publishing date: 18 November 2024
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
Hate Crime Prosecution at the Intersection of Hate Crime and Criminalized ‘Hate Speech’: a Practical Guide
Publishing date: 15 November 2024
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
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
This guide supplements existing ODIHR guidance on prosecuting hate crime by outlining the legal and conceptual differences between hate crime and criminalized ‘hate speech’; outlining the consequences of misapplying ‘hate speech’ provisions to prosecute hate crime, providing practical guidance on how to avoid this; and making recommendations on how to improve practice at the national level. It does not provide guidance on how to handle individual cases of any form of criminalized ‘hate speech’, nor does it suggest what forms of behaviour should be criminalized.
OSCE Approach to Preventing and Combating Organized Crime
Publishing date: 14 November 2024
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE applies a comprehensive approach to preventing and combating transnational organized crime, based around three inter-connected components: 1) research to better understand the phenomenon and criminal justice challenges in this field, 2) action to address illicit financial flows and
2023 Annual Report on the Implementation of the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism
Publishing date: 13 November 2024
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Countering terrorism
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Navigating Networks: A Roadmap for the Creation and Operation of Women- led Peacebuilding Networks in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus
Publishing date: 5 November 2024
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
To identify the status of women-led peacebuilding networks in the region, GNWP conducted sub-regional mappings and consulted a diverse group of women peacebuilders from Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. According to these women, peacebuilding networks are crucial spaces for local peacebuilders to gain information, skills and resources as well as conduct advocacy; however, few such networks meet the needs of peacebuilders. The reasons for the inefficiency of these WPS networks vary, including inconsistent and insufficient funding, competition for resources among civil society organizations, political and security challenges, fragmented efforts by network members and barriers to intergenerational and inclusive participation. “Navigating Networks” was created in recognition of the importance of women’s peacebuilding networks in the path to inclusive and sustainable peace and the call from women peacebuilders in CAEESC to rectify persisting ineffectiveness of these networks. This publication was created with the support from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) WIN – Women & Men Innovating & Networking for Gender Equality project.
New frontiers: The use of generative artificial intelligence to facilitate trafficking in persons
Publishing date: 1 November 2024
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Trafficking in persons is a global challenge that transcends borders, and the advent of AI technologies has the potential to amplify both its reach and complexity. It is precisely this global nature of both trafficking and AI that necessitates coordinated, regional, and international responses. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO) have jointly developed this brief on the emerging nexus of artificial intelligence (AI), trafficking in persons, and transnational crime with a clear objective: to equip policymakers, law enforcement agencies, and the technology sector with the insights needed to anticipate and pre-emptively address the potential implications of AI on trafficking in persons.
Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities in 2023
Publishing date: 30 October 2024
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report provides a comprehensive overview of all police-related projects, activities and events, which draw on the combined strength of the OSCE’s Institutions and its network of field operations, often cutting across the OSCE’s three security dimensions.