Publications
Kyrgyzstan, Assessment on the Prospects for the Establishment of a Population Register, 24 July 2012
Publishing date: 24 July 2012
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report focuses on the current situation and the improvements necessary to create a population registration system in the Kyrgyz Republic, along with recommendations for the SRS to assist it in its implementation.
Factsheet on the Best Practices for Roma Integration (BPRI) project
Publishing date: 5 June 2012
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A factsheet about Best Practices for Roma Integration (BPRI), a regional project for the Western Balkans. Its aim is to contribute to the integration of Roma in the region, reflecting commitments that have been made with a view to possibly joining the EU and as OSCE participating States.
Gender and Labour Migration Trainer's Manual
Publishing date: 2 August 2012
Collections: OSCE labour migration management publications and tools , ODIHR Publications, Archive of migration-related resources
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
What we do: Economic activities, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This guide was produced jointly by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and updated in 2012. It is primarily designed for training mid-level government officials, parliamentarians and representatives of social partners on how to gender-mainstream migration policy by looking at the legal protections in place for migrant workers at the national, regional and international levels; the latest policy developments related to the labour migration of women in countries of origin; admission and post-admission policies; measures to reduce irregular labour migration; and possibilities for international co-operation on labour migration.
Understanding Hate Crimes (Skopje edition)
Publishing date: 2 August 2012
Collections: ODIHR Publications
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 book has been prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in conjunction with the OSCE Mission to Skopje. This booklet aims to help the police, prosecutors, judges, legislators, local authorities and NGOs better understand the problem of hate crimes.
Understanding Hate Crimes (Kosovo edition)
Publishing date: 1 August 2012
Collections: ODIHR Publications
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 book has been prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in conjunction with the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. This booklet aims to help the police, prosecutors, judges, legislators, local authorities and NGOs better understand the problem of hate crimes.
Understanding Hate Crimes: A Handbook for Albania
Publishing date: 1 August 2012
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This book has been prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in conjunction with the OSCE Presence in Albania. This booklet aims to help the police, prosecutors, judges, legislators, local authorities and NGOs better understand the problem of hate crimes.
Handbook on Media Monitoring for Election Observation Missions
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
Collections: Elections, Elections Publications, Tools and publications, ODIHR Publications, Election handbooks
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Freedom of expression and freedom of the media are essential to any democratic process, and the assessment of media coverage of election campaigns is a fundamental part of election observation methodology. This publication provides a succinct explanation of the media-monitoring methodology used by the OSCE/ODIHR in its election observation activities.
Handbook for the Observation of Voter Registration
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
Collections: Elections, Elections Publications, Tools and publications, ODIHR Publications, Election handbooks
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The purpose of this handbook is to provide guidance on how to approach voter registration as part of the overall observation of an election. While ODIHR has included voter registration in its general methodology for observing elections, this handbook aims to provide a more systematic and comprehensive approach to observing this critical part of the election process.
Hate Crimes in the OSCE Region – Incidents and Responses: Annual Report for 2010
Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Annual report
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
The report shows that hate crime remains a significant problem across the OSCE region, undermining personal, neighbourhood and state security, and eroding confidence across and among communities. People were killed, injured or otherwise harmed when they were targeted in 2010 for no other reason than being perceived as belonging to a specific ethnic, “racial”, religious or other group.
Factsheet on the War Crimes Justice Project
Publishing date: 26 October 2011
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This 4-million Euro project, funded by the EU and implemented jointly by ODIHR, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the UN’s Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), together with the OSCE field operations, successfully transferred knowledge on war crimes cases from the ICTY to the region and supported the consolidation of the capacity of national jurisdictions handling the war crimes caseload.