Publications

This publication is the newest addition to the OSCE’s collection of toolkits and guidance on integrating a gender perspective into efforts to build peace and security. It illustrates how a gender-sensitive approach to operational practices can benefit conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation and provides concrete suggestions on enhancing women’s participation in peace operations.

The publication is the updated version of the Reference Manual of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension Commitments, published in 2014. It contains the text of all Economic and Environmental Dimension related documents adopted at Summit and Ministerial Council levels, as well as relevant Permanent Council decisions.

This factsheet describes efforts by the OSCE project Co-ordinator to promote and enhance the culture of dialogue within Ukraine, based on the expressed needs of its Ukrainian partners, as well as outlines Co-ordinator's approaches to facilitating dialogue processes.

“Analysis of Judicial Response to Discrimination Challenges in Bosnia and Herzegovina” is the first document which offers a qualitative analysis of judgements in anti-discrimination lawsuits in Bosnia and Herzegovina and shows trends in judicial implementation of the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination. The document quotes a large number of key sections of reasons provided for the adoption of the judgements, and it may serve not only as training material for judges and lawyers, but also as guidance to judicial professionals and relevant non-governmental organisations in their work in the field of the fight against discrimination.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is implementing the Promoting Democratization and Human Rights in Belarus project to assist the country in meeting its OSCE commitments and other international obligations with respect to the rule of law, human rights and equal participation of women in democratic processes. The two-year project began in January 2018 and is funded by the European Union. ODIHR will provide assistance to Belarus based on the Office’s extensive experience in democratization and human rights work across the OSCE region.

This Youth Progress Index (YPI) report aims to present a roadmap – a useful and practical tool – that can help all youth stakeholders, from young people and youth-led organizations to policymakers and the business community, prioritize their respective policy and investment decisions, assess where resources should be focused, and implement policies and programs that will drive faster and more sustainable progress for young people. The YPI is one of the first tools developed to explore the status of youth, independent of economic indicators. The YPI draws on reliable, relevant data to give each country a score on how effectively they meet the elements of the Social Progress Index Framework: Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity.