Publications

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is the world’s largest regional security organization, comprising 57 participating States across three continents – North America, Europe and Asia. Updated 13 June 2014.

The integrated disaster risk management field visits in the Canton of Valais on 21 May 2014 are organised in conjunction with the 2nd OSCE Preparatory Meeting of the 22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum in Mon-treux, Switzerland. The field visits and its tour guide booklet are a collaboration of the Swiss Confed-eration and the Canton of Valais. The tour booklet incorporates some sections of the brochure that was prepared to accompany the field visits held on 24 May 2013 at the "Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction GPDRR”. The booklet first provides a general overview, including a brief presentation of the Swiss context (chapter 2) and the principles of integrated risk management (chapter 3). This is followed by a description of each of the planned field visits (chapters 4 and 5).

The leaflet carries information on how to handle animals, carcasses and contaminated material of animal origin and activities related to disinfection, disinsection and deratisation. It also provides names and contact details of veterinary inspectors in each Serbian District. The leaflet is intended to raise awareness of farmers returning to their flooded property, to increase the security and health of the livestock. Only Serbian version of the Fact Sheet is available.

The OSCE Secretary General’s Annual Report gives an overview of the Organization's activities and its co-operation with partner states and other organizations.

The Technical Assistance for Roma Inclusion (TARI) is a 4.8 mn EUR European Union-funded project, implemented by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, to assist Serbian institutions in the improvement of life of Roma people in the following areas: access to basic rights and civic participation, labour market, education, health, social welfare, adequate housing and job creation. Key stakeholders and implementing partners include the Office for Human and Minority Rights, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy, Ministry of Education Science and Technological Development, Ministry of Construction and Urbanism, NGO Praxis, the Roma Education Fund, the Government of Serbia European Integration Office and Social Inclusion and the Poverty Reduction Unit.

This publication, issued by the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, and the OSCE Transnational Threats Department- Strategic Police Matters Unit, summarizes several years of joint efforts to bridge gaps in the knowledge and capacity of practitioners who are working to counter money laundering and trafficking in human beings. Much of the research contained herein was identified during the OSCE/UNODC Expert Seminar on Leveraging Anti-Money Laundering Regimes to Combat Human Trafficking, held in Vienna on 3-4 October 2011. This publication provides background and information to help practitioners to operationalize the intersection of human trafficking and money laundering.

The publication “Violence in the Family in the Republic of Moldova. Judicial practice and national and European normative acts” has been compiled by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in partnership with NGO “Honour and Rights of Contemporary Women” from Balti and Causeni Law Centre. It is intended for the use of legal professionals responsible for examining cases of domestic violence. It contains the national legislation on preventing and combating domestic violence, along with the European Convention and its Explanatory Commentary on preventing and combating domestic violence, and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights against the Republic of Moldova on cases of domestic violence. The publication is available in Romanian only.

As the OSCE’s main institution for the human dimension, ODIHR aims to assist the OSCE Mediterranean Partners by sharing its own experience and that of OSCE participating States with relevant partners in those countries, including governmental structures and civil society.

The ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly was established in 2006. The Panel consists of up to twelve independent experts from OSCE participating States selected on the basis of their expertise, experience, integrity and objectivity. The Panel is an advisory and consultative body to ODIHR. It seeks to enhance the promotion and protection of the freedom of peaceful assembly in the OSCE region.