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Event archive
March 2022
Training
Young Policy Advisers Course
The Young Policy Advisers course (PolAd) is designed to strengthen knowledge about democratic institutions and OSCE commitments in the field of democratic governance. It also aims to facilitate a deeper understanding of the role of policy…
Conference
Towards a Better Future for Hate Crime Victim Support: EStAR Project Final Conference
The final conference of ODIHR’s Enhancing Stakeholder Awareness and Resources for Hate Crime Victim Support (EStAR) project will provide a platform for the exchange of expertise on hate crime victim support. A host of high-level and expert…
Training
Self-Advocacy Training for Roma Girls, Women and Feminist Activists from North Macedonia
Self-Advocacy Training for Roma Girls, Women and Feminist Activists from North Macedonia: Call for Applications
Workshop
Consensus-Building on Regulating “Third Party” or Non-Contestant Campaign Spending: Workshop
ODIHR is supporting NDI Albania with organizing a two-day workshop, on 18-19 March 2022, on campaign finance reform, with particular focus on the regulation of non-contestant campaigners; specifically third parties and social media…

Workshop
Disability Rights Law Moot Court: Launch Event and Call for Applications
On 17 March 2022, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Centre for Disability Rights and Policy at the National University of Ireland - Galway will be hosting the inaugural event of the first ODIHR…
Meeting
Advancing Gender Equality: Institutional Mechanisms at the Centre of Solutions
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women have been established in nearly every country around the world, also in the OSCE region from North America to Europe and Central Asia. They apply diverse strategies, but all with the…
Meeting
Addressing vulnerabilities of women and girls to trafficking in persons: Side event during the 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Research has consistently shown that human traffickers take advantage of people who are in positions of vulnerability. It is widely recognised that women and girls make up the majority of identified trafficking victims. Gender and age…
Training
Call for Registration: Training for Civil Society on Addressing Anti-Christian Hate Crime
This event, taking place on 8 and 10 March, will train up to 20 civil society representatives, including those from faith-based organizations and religious or belief communities, on recording and reporting hate crimes motivated by bias…
February 2022

Workshop
Integrating a gender perspective in intelligence services
Since the ground-breaking UN resolution 1325, the importance of integrating a gender perspective in the security sector has been widely recognized. In spite of this, little attention has been paid to gender in the context of intelligence…
Workshop
Expert online exchange on the inadmissibility of evidence tainted by torture
The use of torture not only amounts to an egregious human rights violation in itself, but also leads to other serious human rights violations, including the violation of the right to a fair trial. The use of torture, and evidence obtained…
Workshop
Effective and Human Rights-compliant Interviewing Principles: A Workshop for Police Academies Network
This workshop aims to raise awareness of members of the OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN) about the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering – also known as the Méndez Principles – and their…
Workshop
Realizing Gender Equality in the Parliament of Tajikistan
ODIHR is organizing a workshop in Tajikistan as part of its work to promote gender-sensitive parliaments that deliver for all women in men in societies across the OSCE region. Objectives Advance the understanding of members of the Tajik…
January 2022
Workshop
Launch of the National Referral Mechanism Handbook. Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons: A Practical Handbook
ODIHR publishes handbook to help combat human trafficking
Meeting
National Security Institutions and the Jewish Community in Estonia: Raising Awareness and Building Effective Communication
The aim of the event is to raise awareness among law enforcement officials about the history of Jewish life and culture in Estonia, and to identify current and potential challenges facing the Jewish community, including specific security…
December 2021
Workshop
Participatory Gender Audit Workshop for the National Youth Council of Serbia
The workshop is meant to support the National Youth Council of Serbia ( Krovna organizacija mladih Srbije, KOMS) in advancing its efforts to mainstream gender and diversity into its programmes and advocacy work. The workshop will involve a…
Seminar
Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Migrants and Refugees: Importance of Alliances and Consolidated Approaches
Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Migrants and Refugees: Importance of Alliances and Consolidated Approaches