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Event archive
February 2024
Training
Hate crime training for Romanian police: Train-the-trainer course
ODIHR will deliver a three-day training workshop for police on hate crimes, based on the Office’s Training on Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme. The workshop will prepare police officers from across Romania, as well as from…
January 2024
Meeting
Making the Nelson Mandela Rules actionable for prison staff: Launch of the ODIHR/PRI trainer’s manual in Russian
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will host a webinar on 30 January 2024 to launch the Russian-language version of its Trainer’s Manual on the Nelson Mandela Rules, developed together with Prison Reform…
Meeting
Annual meeting of ODIHR Core Group of Experts on Political Parties
The annual meeting of the ODIHR Core Group of Experts on Political Parties (the Core Group) will take place on 26 January 2024. ODIHR established the Core Group in 2011 as a body to advise ODIHR when assisting OSCE participating States in…
Workshop
Workshop to support the review of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Election Commission regulation on media coverage of contestants during elections
ODIHR is organising a workshop to support the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CEC) in reviewing its regulation “Rulebook on Media Coverage of Political Entities From the Day Elections Are Announced Until the Election…
Training
Intensive training for change-makers on gender audits and gender action plans: Tools for institutional transformation of political parties
ODIHR’s Intensive Training for Change-Makers aims to equip a selected group of experts with knowledge, skills, competences, tools and methods to better understand, critically assess and directly apply gender audits and gender action plans…
December 2023
Training
Gender Equality and Law-making Training for Parliamentary Staff
As part of ODIHR’s support to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is co-organizing an action-oriented workshop for parliamentary staff tasked with supporting members of parliament, parliamentary…
Meeting
The role of defence counsel in war crime trials in Ukraine
On 14 December 2023, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision in Ukraine, hosted a webinar focused on selected substantive and procedural topics of…
Meeting
Engaging the Ukrainian Diaspora in Reconstruction and Development
An online launch of the ODIHR report on efforts to engage the Ukrainian diaspora in reconstruction and development in the aftermath of the 2022 military attack by the Russian Federation will take place on 12 December 2023. The report…
Workshop
Fostering dialogue among media professionals on fair and constructive media coverage about people belonging to national minorities, including Roma and Sinti
The workshop aims to facilitate dialogue among media professionals on balanced and positive media narratives about minority communities, including Roma and Sinti, with a focus on increasing media stakeholders' awareness and understanding of…
Training
Hate Crime Training for Polish Police: Train-the-trainer Course
ODIHR’s three-day training workshop will prepare participants – police officers from across Poland – to train other police officers to recognize and work with hate crime cases and hate crime victims. This approach will enable ODIHR’s…
Meeting
Expert consultation meeting: Addressing systemic challenges in judiciaries
ODIHR will organize an expert consultation meeting on addressing systemic challenges in judiciaries on 12 December 2023 in Warsaw. In particular, the meeting will provide a space to identify, share and discuss some of the lessons learned in…
Roundtable
Roundtable on Human Rights and New Technologies
Effective use of algorithmic decision-making requires oversight grounded in human rights and fundamental freedoms. As part of its work to assist participating States in implementing new technologies in a human rights-centric manner, ODIHR…
Meeting
Preventing and Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty: Launch of the ODIHR publication in Polish
The important role of national monitoring bodies and civil society in preventing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in places of deprivation of liberty will be the focus of an event ODIHR is organizing on 7 December 2023 in Warsaw…
Conference
Final Conference for Participants of ODIHR’s Youth For Inclusion Workshops
ODIHR’s Youth for Inclusion final conference will conclude a series of seven workshops on fostering equal, inclusive and cohesive societies across Poland that engaged Polish and Ukrainian young people throughout 2022 and 2023. The Youth for…
November 2023
Training
Training on addressing racially motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers: Towards effective and non-discriminatory policing
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe (CoE) are organizing a train-the-trainer course on addressing radically motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers and promoting…
Meeting
ODIHR’s Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting
An annual ODIHR trial monitoring meeting is taking place in Skopje on 22 and 23 November 2023, organized in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, around 30 representatives from…