Publications

Safety of Female Journalists Online is part of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media's work to promote journalists' safety in all 57 participating States. Democracy thrives when a plurality of voices are heard both on- and offline. Plurality is currently at risk.

Presentation report based on the findings of the Trial Monitoring Programme in Ukraine carried out in 2017 by the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform within “Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts” project of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine with the financial support of the Government of Canada. The report is available only in Ukrainian.

The aim of the publication is to facilitate the application of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) model as a European quality management instrument for the public sector in the country. It provides practical information on the structure of the CAF model, the benefits from its application and the process of its implementation. Thousands of organizations in many countries apply the CAF model and have proven that it can yield results, contributing to having a modern, efficient and professional public administration.

This publication examines the effectiveness of the national programs and measures for the employment of persons with disabilities. It does so through a step-by-step analysis of the legal, policy, institutional and infrastructural framework, focusing on the outcomes, effects and results of each, as well as on their joint overall impact. The conclusions and recommendations, in line with the obtained data, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Council Directive 2000/78/EC for Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation, provide an outline for undertaking future steps in order to increase the overall inclusion of persons with disabilities in the open labour market. The publication is not available in English.

The aim of these model guidelines is to provide a practical tool to assist OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation in implementing concrete measures to prevent trafficking in human beings in supply chains. The publication highlights how States can implement legislation and policies that promote transparency to ensure that public supply chains are free from trafficked labour; and promote the fair and ethical recruitment of workers.

The Manual on Suppression of Economic Crimes and Corruption includes an analysis of all criminal statutes that fall within the area of economic crimes and corruption. The Manual is intended for Serbian criminal law practitioners and other experts interested in these topics. The OSCE Mission to Serbia and the US Department of Justice jointly supported printing of the publication, not available in English.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo provides capacity-building for the Kosovo Police and community safety forums, along with monitoring and advocacy for the implementation of the Community Safety Strategy and Action Plan. To raise awareness about community safety forums, the Mission has prepared the new edition of a community safety brochure as a development tool. The new brochure comes with a new and illustrated content, stories on best practices and community project initiatives taken between 2013 and 2017, updated contact information, stats and motivating words from community safety stakeholders from all police regions. It aims to strengthen the police-public partnership in municipalities and raise awareness on community safety forums and community policing concept Kosovo-wide

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The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has continuously worked on countering hate crime by strengthening the role of criminal justice systems in addressing this phenomenon. The two-year project “Building a Comprehensive Criminal Justice Response to Hate Crime” will use tailored, innovative approaches at national levels as a laboratory and source of inspiration for transnational solutions.