Publications

An OSCE Talks report which looks at the challenges and opportunities of communications and media, including social and new media, in conflict situations.

The Green Address Book is a user-friendly manual containing contacts of institutions holding information relevant for the environmental security of communities in Vojvodina when environmental rights are violated. This database contains phone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses and web sites of institutions responsible for environmental protection at municipal, provincial and national levels. The purpose of this guide is to raise public awareness of possibilities for their active engagement in resolving environmental concerns by addressing competent institutions.

In this issue: Lessons from Northern Ireland; recovering stolen assets; training Afghan businesswomen; a strategic framework for policing.

This publication is the final product of the project “Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Public Institutions”, which was part of an OSCE multi-annual plan to support the implementation of the State Programme for Prevention and Repression of Corruption and Conflict of Interests 2011-2015.

This publication is an analysis of bias-motivated incidents in Bosnia and Herzegovina with recommendations. Hate crimes target the basic fabric of society. Given their destructive potential, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has partnered with Bosnia and Herzegovina officials since 2008 to address these crimes. This report presents the Mission's findings based on its past five years of monitoring hate crimes and hate-related incidents, while concurrently assessing the gaps between international standards and domestic practice in relation to responding to these incidents.

The main goal of this research was to establish how citizens perceive media freedoms in Montenegro. The general part of the research covered a whole set of specific questions focused on specific aspects of media freedoms, which we believed citizens were competent to answer. It should be noted that this is the second in a series of researches carried out through a cooperative effort of OSCE and CEDEM.

The 19th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, Dublin, 6-7 December 2012.

This handbook offers a survey of trends, examples, questions for consideration and recommendations to guide national human rights institutions in strengthening their capacity and practical work on women’s rights and gender equality.

The project on Women in Local Elections is being implemented by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in collaboration with the civil society organisation as well as municipality representatives from Bratunc, Bugojno, Jezero, Kalesija, Novo Goražde, Orašje, Olova, Posušje, Srebrenica i Zavidovići. The aim of the project is to improve women's participation in politics as well as their role as voters and representatives in the municipal assemblies. This leaflet is not available in English.