Publications
Chemical Weapons: Main Threats and Safety Rules
Publishing date: 28 August 2023
Collections: Chemical Threats: Safety Basics - Print Materials
Content type: Brochure
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This brochure was produced by the OSCE provides information on basic safety procedures for the civilians as regards different types of the chemical warfare agents. It is part of the collection of awareness-raising materials for chemical risk education efforts.
Chemical Threats: Safety Procedures in Case of Emergency
Publishing date: 28 August 2023
Collections: Chemical Threats: Safety Basics - Print Materials
Content type: Brochure
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This brochure produced by the OSCE provides useful information on nature of chemical threats, as well as a number of practical tips that will help civilians to undertake safety measures and provide first aid in case of poisoning by industrial toxic chemicals (ammonia, chlorine, nitric acid and mercury). Available in Ukrainian.
Call for applications for Master and Doctoral scholarships for 2023/2024 academic year
Publishing date: 25 August 2023
Content type: Poster
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Mission to Serbia will sponsor up to eight selected students for the post-graduate master studies (MA) at the Belgrade University’s Faculty of Political Sciences and Faculty of Security Studies, and up to seven selected students for one academic year of their doctoral studies at the Belgrade University’s Faculty of Political Sciences and Faculty of Security Studies. For more information, please download the document. Deadline for applications: 25 September 2023.
Guidance on Trauma-Informed National Referral Mechanisms and Responses to Human Trafficking
Publishing date: 22 August 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Survivors need to have confidence in the systems designed to identify and protect them, to give them the best chance of accessing services, staying with them and remaining safe. Therefore, NRMs should provide a structural set up for trauma-informed frameworks and procedures, and function as a natural ‘home’ for professional, trauma-informed methods of working. NRMs must ensure respect for the human rights and dignity of all adults and children who are victims of trafficking. There should be clear recognition in anti-trafficking law, policy and related guidance — and therefore recognition across all relevant NRM sectors and by all service providers — that victims of human trafficking should be treated as a distinct category of vulnerable people in need.
Guidelines for Activists in Addressing Access to Health Care and Vaccination for Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 21 August 2023
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
On average, Roma and Sinti life expectancy is between five to twenty years shorter than that of the mainstream population. This is mainly due to preventable risks such as malnutrition, inadequate housing conditions and the inability to afford healthcare services, as well as the impact of racist and discriminatory practices from healthcare institutions and professionals.
Addressing racially motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers: towards effective and non-discriminatory policing
Publishing date: 17 August 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe joint training for law-enforcement officers on human rights and non-discriminatory policing.
Anti-Indigenous Hate Crimes
Publishing date: 6 August 2023
Collections: Hate Crime Factsheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Intolerance and discrimination, including harmful discourse and stereotyping, have affected Indigenous communities for centuries, including those living in the OSCE region.
Model OSCE for Youth 2023 Brochure
Publishing date: 27 July 2023
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Model OSCE for Youth 2023 Brochure contains background information about the 10th edition of the Model OSCE for Youth the OSCE Mission to Moldova organizes.
Analysis of the Law on Execution of Sanctions
Publishing date: 20 July 2023
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Good governance, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The execution of sanctions is the final piece that closes the entire process of adjudication in criminal procedure. The lack of proper sanctions enforcement through a clear, understandable and fair procedure, the incomplete legal framework, as well as the inconsistent practice of the courts at the four appellate regions in North Macedonia, contributes to the negative public perception, especially in “high profile” cases. The Mission, in cooperation with the national Judges’ Association and the Skopje Basic Criminal Court, developed an Analysis of the practical problems of the procedure for execution of sanctions, addressing the legislative gaps and providing concrete legislative solutions. The Analysis includes diverse court practices from the appellate regions and recommends practical approaches to overcome certain challenges. Not available in English.
Expertise in criminal procedure- Guidebook for practitioners
Publishing date: 20 July 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Good governance, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
During the implementation of the current LCP, during trial monitoring activities and over discussion with national legal practitioners, it became obvious that one of the weaknesses among legal practitioners is the adequate use of expert opinions, expert witnesses and technical advisors as a tool for representing facts as evidence in Court, and their effective, efficient and financially justified conduct in accordance with the rules and principles of the national criminal procedure. The Law on Expertise, as lex specialis needs to be understood in the context of the LCP and the purpose of the expert witnesses during a criminal case trial. Therefore, the OSCE Mission to Skopje supported the drafting of this Guidebook for legal practitioners including positive and negative examples from the national court practice, ECtHR jurisprudence and additional elaborations of the novelties in the Law on Expertise.