Publications
Preventing and responding to hate crimes: A resource guide for NGOs in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 15 October 2009
Collections: Publications related to tolerance and non-discrimination, ODIHR Publications, Guides Related to Hate Crime
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 resource guide aims to assist NGOs working to prevent and respond to hate crimes in the OSCE region by providing essential tools for their work in a simple but comprehensive document.
Guidelines on Population Registration
Publishing date: 7 October 2009
Collections: ODIHR Publications, Archive of migration-related resources, Archive of freedom of movement-related resources
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
These Guidelines are intended as a tool for practitioners, authorities and political decision makers in OSCE participating States for use in either reforming or assessing the efficiency of their respective national systems of population registration.
Environmental Security and Civil Initiative, bulletin No. 12
Publishing date: 2 September 2009
Collections: Environmental bulletins collection
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Operationalising Mediation Support: Lessons from Mediation Experiences in the OSCE Area
Publishing date: 24 August 2009
Collections: OSCE documents and publications on mediation
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report reflects the main issues discussed during a two-day consultation on “Operationalising Mediation Support: Lessons from Mediation Experiences in the OSCE Area” held in Mont-Pèlerin, Switzerland, and was published in 2008 by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. The consultation between the UN and the OSCE brought together senior-level mediators to focus on lessons learned from their respective mediation experiences in the OSCE area and also addressed regional aspects affecting mediation in the OSCE area.
ODIHR e-newsletter July/August 2009
Publishing date: 24 August 2009
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Efforts to combat trafficking in human beings in the OSCE area: co-ordination and reporting mechanisms
Publishing date: 16 February 2009
Collections: Annual Reports of the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating THB
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The 2008 Annual Report of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings covers the work of the Special Representative between January and October 2007; its content is based on responses by the participating States to a survey questionnaire distributed by the SR in July 2007. It considers: 1) National Co-ordination Mechanisms; 2) National Action Plans; and 3) National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. These three elements constitute the core co-ordinating tools used by participating States to plan, organize and implement measures to combat trafficking in human beings. The scope of the report does not include evaluation of the quality of individual participating States' implementation of these mechanisms. A number of annexes complement the Report, offering, amongst other things: highlights of the 2007 OSCE Field Operations Survey on National Co-ordination Mechanisms, National Action Plans, and National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms; an analysis and brief overview by the ODIHR on its activities and achievements in 2007 and 2008 relevant to the theme of the report; and a summary of the main activities of the OSR in 2008.
The Courier- No. 144, May- July 2009
Publishing date: 27 July 2009
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Newsletter of the OSCE Office in Zagreb. In this issue: New Head of Office; 2010 Programme outline; Regional Conference on the impact of the ICTY on the states of the former Yugoslavia; Housing care programmes; Interview with the Deputy Mayor of Knin.
Anti-Trafficking and Gender Programme Factsheet
Publishing date: 24 April 2009
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Anti-Trafficking and Gender Programme Factsheet of the OSCE Mission to Moldova
Assisting Georgia: promoting international standards
Publishing date: 12 March 2009
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Report on the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections in Georgia, produced with the support of the OSCE Mission to Georgia
Response to Domestic Violence and Co-ordinated Victim Protection in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska
Publishing date: 1 July 2009
Collections: Domestic violence related documents and publications
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Domestic violence is a complex and widespread phenomenon that requires a co-ordinated state response to ensure victims’ safety as well as effective prosecution and sanctioning of perpetrators. It is considered a serious human rights violation and, consequently, international human rights standards impose a positive obligation on states to provide protection and services for victims.