Publications
National Referral Mechanisms- Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons: A Practical Handbook
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This handbook provides guidance on how to design and implement sustainable mechanisms and structures to combat human trafficking and support victims. It also provides guidance on how to monitor and build the capacity of such mechanisms and structures.
Monitoring Places of Detention: A Practical Guide for NGOs
Publishing date: 20 April 2004
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
It is increasingly recognized by international experts that monitoring places of detention through regular and unannounced visits constitutes one of the most effective ways to prevent torture and ill-treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. Accordingly, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) decided to promote monitoring programmes by national NGOs and to publish this guide.
Existing Commitments for Democratic Elections in OSCE Participating States
Publishing date: 6 October 2003
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
A progress report on an ODIHR-initiated project to establish an inventory of existing election-related norms, commitments, principles, and good practices.
Individual Human Rights Complaints: A Handbook for OSCE Field Personnel
Publishing date: 1 October 2003
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This handbook is intended to provide basic guidance for dealing with complaints of individual human rights violations received by OSCE missions and other field operations.
Handbook for Domestic Election Observers
Publishing date: 1 October 2003
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
This handbook provides domestic observer groups with methodologies and tools they can use to develop a comprehensive and systematic approach to election observation.
Ten Years of ODIHR: Working for Human Rights and Democracy (1991-2001)
Publishing date: 2 September 2001
Collections: ODIHR Publications
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Good governance, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication is intended to give an insight into some examples of our work on the ground and the concepts and strategies behind it. It contains a diversity of feature stories, articles, case studies, interviews, and personal accounts from the field.
The ODIHR Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues: An Overview
Publishing date: 22 January 2001
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This brochure provides an overview of the goals and activities of the ODIHR's Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues.
Reference Guide for Anti-Trafficking Legislative Review
Publishing date: 1 September 2001
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This reference guide aims to set up a framework for comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in order to assist law makers and policy makers in the entire OSCE region in their efforts to adopt or review anti-trafficking legislation.
Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections
Publishing date: 1 January 2001
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
These guidelines are intended to set forth the basic components of a legal framework governing elections, and the minimum standard relevant to each component, that are necessary in order for a country’s legal framework to ensure democratic elections.
Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections
Publishing date: 1 January 2001
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