Publications

The handbook draws on international and Ukrainian experience to provide insights on the need and ways of introducing gender-based approaches and gender-sensitive practices in media. It covers, inter alia, the following issues: importance of gender issues for journalists and media; connections

The publication consists of selected worldwide legal opinions, commentaries, and reports, including opinions of the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Judges, and European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence. Not available in English.

This monitoring report on good governance in local self-governments in Montenegro in 2013 contains information on Montenegro’s compliance with the principles of good governance in local self-governments in such areas as citizens’ participation in decision-making process, co-operation between local self-governments and non-governmental organizations, and transparency and accountability of local self-governments. The survey was conducted in 21 Montenegrin municipalities in the period from June to October 2014. The report is intended for representatives of local self- governments and non-governmental organizations to further enhance the transparency and accountability of local self-governments.

The Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities in 2013, submitted in accordance with Decision 9, paragraph 6, of the 2001 Bucharest Ministerial Council Meeting, provides an overview of the police-related programmes and projects, implemented by the OSCE executive structures, including the thematic units in the Secretariat, the Institutions and the field operations, during 2013.

21st OSCE Ministerial Council, Basel, 4 – 5 December 2014.

The purpose of this publication is to serve as a tool for the judiciary, law enforcement, auditors, public procurement professionals, bidders and contracting entities in their quest to further mitigate the risks and vulnerabilities for corruption in public procurement and restore confidence in the public sector that the awarding of government contracts is fully transparent, and to the public that funds are spent efficiently, effectively and economically.

This report contains a survey, which aims at identifying the scope of corruption, its causes and negative effects, as well as the prevalence of corruption in the interaction of entrepreneurs with state authorities when receiving state and municipal services. It presents factors that influence the level of corruption, identifyies capabilities to combat corruption and offers recommendations for the anti-corruption policy implementation, based on the research results. Available in Russian only.

This Occasional Paper, the seventh in a series of Occasional Papers published by OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, outlines the measures that businesses can take to ensure that trafficking in human beings does not occur in their workplaces or those of their suppliers (i.e., other businesses that sell products or services to them). It also reviews the obligations of the OSCE's participating States to regulate business activities and to enable businesses to take appropriate action to stop human trafficking from occurring. It provides a series of recommendations for OSCE participating States.

This commemorative study is about history, development, achievements and outreach of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security – the OSCE’s key document for the democratic control of the armed and security forces. The purpose of the study is to raise awareness of the Code and improve its implementation and outreach. It is intended for the general public including the media, NGOs, and in particular parliamentarians, practitioners, experts and academics dealing with the Code in all its aspects.