Publications
Modernizing National Action Plans to Strengthen States’ Anti-trafficking Efforts
Publishing date: 5 June 2023
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Effectively combating trafficking in human beings requires a strategic, co-ordinated, and well-resourced national response, utilizing a whole-of-society approach that can protect victims, prosecute traffickers and prevent exploitation. National Action Plans (NAPs) are fundamental to successfully delivering such a response. Recognizing the importance of NAPs within national anti-trafficking systems, the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings analyzed the NAPs that are currently in use within the OSCE region to examine their structure and thematic priorities against persistent challenges and emerging trafficking trends.
Manual for Writing Court Decisions in the Administrative Court
Publishing date: 1 June 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Manual is designed as a tool for professional enhancement through improvement of legal writing skills for Administrative Court judges and judicial advisors and assistants. It presents rules and regulations on writing legal decisions and documents. It also focuses on legal writing of judgments with detailed explanations and presentations of all constituent parts of a judgment, as well as presentations of different types of judgments. The Manual is available in Serbian language.
Factsheet: What is the OSCE?
Publishing date: 30 May 2023
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
With 57 participating States in North America, Europe and Asia, the OSCE is the world’s largest regional security organization. The OSCE works for stability, peace and democracy for more than a billion people, through political dialogue about shared values and through practical work that makes a lasting difference.
“Quality Education through Curriculum Reform”: Project Factsheet
Publishing date: 29 May 2023
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Education
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina developed, and, during the period from October 2019 to March 2022, implemented the project “Quality Education through Curriculum Reform”, funded by the governments of the Kingdom of Norway and the Italian Republic. The Project aimed to support education authorities in answering to an urgent need for change (PISA 2018, TIMSS 2019, and the struggles of online teaching amidst the COVID-19 pandemic) by improving inclusivity and quality of education through reforming curricula in line with the BiH Common Core Curriculum based on Student Learning Outcomes. This factsheet contains brief summary of project results.
Colours of the Dniester
Publishing date: 26 May 2023
Content type: Book
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In fourteen years of its existence, the Basin-wide contest of creativity “Colours of the Dniester” has been engaging a broad audience from the Dniester River basin to raise awareness on environmental protection and water management in the region via creative means.
Preliminary Findings of the Assessment "The Role of Women in Organized Crime"
Publishing date: 24 May 2023
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This brief presents the preliminary findings of the assessment, focusing on how women are recruited to organized crime groups, their roles within them and how and why they exit these groups. The OSCE plans to publish the full assessment report on the role of women in organized crime in autumn 2023.
Assessment of gender and diversity dimension in the work of the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors
Publishing date: 23 May 2023
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication comprises the internal and external assessments of the activities and the structure of the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors (AJPP). The internal assessment is focused on evaluating the decision-making processes, the management bodies, and the structure of the employees. This also includes the assessment of the training needs of management bodies and the employees of the AJPP, to raise their knowledge about diversity and gender equality. The analysis of the external activities assesses whether diversity and gender equality are included in the overall training conducted at the AJPP, including the bylaws for initial and continuous education and training, as well as the annual curriculums.
Understanding Anti-Roma Hate Crimes and Addressing the Security Needs of Roma and Sinti Communities: A Practical Guide
Publishing date: 18 May 2023
Collections: Guides Related to Hate Crime
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The purpose of this Guide is to describe and analyze hate incidents and hate crimes faced by Roma and Sinti, as well as the corresponding security challenges.
Guidelines for Effective Performance of Municipal Coordination Mechanisms Against Domestic Violence (MCMDVs)
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Guidelines for the Effective Performance of Municipal Coordination Mechanisms against Domestic Violence (MCMDV) are a practical tool to facilitate more effective and co-ordinated responses of these mechanisms to domestic violence cases at the local level. They cover the legal basis and purpose of the MCMDVs, the importance of a multi-institutional and coordinated approach, data collection and reporting, and training and capacity building for MCMDV members.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo- Media and Information Literacy initiatives
Publishing date: 11 May 2023
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe