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Event archive
April 2023
Meeting
Recognition of survivor leaders’ inclusion in anti-trafficking policies
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is organizing a breakfast event in the margins of the 23 rd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons. The event seeks to highlight the need for survivor…
Seminar
Institutional transformation and gender equality: Training for parliamentary parties in Denmark
As part of support to democratic institutions in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive and advancing women’s political participation, ODIHR is organizing a training seminar for six parliamentary political parties in Denmark. The…
Workshop
Workshop for Youth on Fostering Inclusion in Poland: Call for Applications (Gdansk Edition)
ODIHR is organizing a series of workshops for Polish and Ukrainian young people on fostering equal, inclusive and cohesive societies throughout Poland as part of ODIHR’s “Advancing the Human Dimension of Security in Ukraine” project. The…
March 2023
Seminar
Promoting the political participation of women with disabilities in Poland
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is organizing a one-day event in Warsaw to raise awareness about the participation of women with disabilities in political and public life in Poland. The goal of the event…
Workshop
Workshop for Youth on Fostering Inclusion in Poland: Call for Applications (Lublin Edition)
ODIHR is organizing a series of workshops for Polish and Ukrainian young people on fostering equal, inclusive and cohesive societies throughout Poland as part of ODIHR’s “Advancing the Human Dimension of Security in Ukraine” project. The…
Training
Addressing human trafficking risks in light of military attack on Ukraine: Training for civil society and frontline responders
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is organizing training for civil society and frontline responders on countering trafficking in human beings and national referral mechanisms (NRM), following an alarming…
Seminar
Seminar for parliamentary committees on gender equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As part of support ODIHR provides to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is co-organizing an orientation seminar for parliamentary committees mandated to advance gender equality in Bosnia and…

Conference
Media Freedom as a Central Pillar of Comprehensive Security: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting I
Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings provide a platform for an exchange of views among OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions and other executive structures and international organizations, civil society and other stakeholders to…
Meeting
The need for effective National Referral Mechanisms to combat trafficking in women and girls: Side event at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
On the margins of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women - CSW67 (2023), the OSCE/ODIHR is organising a side event on the need for effective National Referral Mechanisms (NRMs) to combat trafficking in women and…
Workshop
Participatory gender audit: Workshop for Slovenia’s parliament
As part of support ODIHR provides to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is organizing a participatory gender audit workshop for the parliament (National Assembly) of Slovenia on 13 March 2023. The…
Training
Training on monitoring weapons and restraints for Switzerland’s National Commission for the Prevention of Torture
This training is part of ODIHR’s continuous work on preventing torture and other ill-treatment and strengthening the independent monitoring of places of deprivation of liberty in the OSCE region. Building on training successfully delivered…
Meeting
Technological challenges and solutions in combatting trafficking of women and girls in overlapping emergencies: Side event at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The side event will provide a platform to discuss appropriate measures to comprehensively address the use of technology both as a challenge to combatting trafficking in human beings of women and girls and as part of the solution. It will…
Training
Training on human rights at international borders: Human rights principles, monitoring, safety and security
The five-day training course covers key human rights principles and the monitoring cycle at international borders and beyond as well as safety and security of human rights defenders, including digital security and safe management of…
Meeting
Annual meeting of the ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Assembly and Association
The first annual meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic of ODIHR’s Panel of Experts on Freedom of Assembly and Association (the “Panel”) will be held on 6-7 March 2023. The current Panel consists of 16 members whose four-year mandate began on…
Training
Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan are organizing a training event from 1 to 3 March 2023 in Tashkent for staff of the Office of the Authorized Person of the…
February 2023
Meeting
The Role of Defence Lawyers in Death Penalty Cases: Side Event at the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
In partnership with IBAHRI and the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva, ODIHR organizes a side event on the role of defence lawyers in death penalty cases at the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights…