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Event archive
November 2021
Seminar
Regularization of Migrants in an Irregular Situation in the OSCE Region: Recent Developments, Points for Discussion and Recommendations
This webinar will bring together migration experts, policymakers and civil society representatives and focuses on good practices and lessons learnt from various approaches to migrant regularisation across the OSCE region. It will include a…
Workshop
Introducing the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations
Addressed to national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) and national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in the OSCE region, this workshop aims to: introduce the new Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering…
Conference
Addressing Anti-Semitism, Intolerance, and Discrimination through Education - Regional Conference for Policymakers, Teacher Trainers and Educators
The regional conference is designed to enhance the efforts of policymakers, teacher trainers, teachers, school directors and other educators (including from civil society) to develop effective policies, practices and pedagogical approaches…
Training
Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: A Community-Policing Approach - Pilot Training Course
Topics and sessions As part of its capacity building activities on human rights and counter-terrorism issues, ODIHR will co-organize a pilot training course in Skopje, North Macedonia, from 3 to 5 November 2021. The two-and-a-half day…
October 2021
Meeting
The road to abolition of the death penalty in the OSCE region
The webinar will launch ODIHR’s 2021 background paper The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area and provide a platform for OSCE participating States, international and national civil society organizations as well as other interested experts to…
Meeting
Effective and Human Rights-Compliant Policing: Train-the-Trainer Course
ODIHR has developed the course to strengthen the capacity of police officers to work effectively with Roma and Sinti while complying with international human rights standards. The course involves police trainers, including staff from police…
Seminar
High-Level Webinar on the Independence of Prosecutors in Central Europe
Webinar participants will discuss to what extent prosecutors in Central Europe are independent to make decisions based on the applicable law and investigation at hand. The event will feature presentations by merited experts on prosecutorial…
Workshop
Prevention and eradication of torture in the OSCE region: Implementing para. 21 of MC Decision 7/20
In their Ministerial Council Decision 7/20 adopted in 2020, the OSCE participating States have explicitly and unequivocally pledged to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment and have committed to “ take…
Workshop
Improving National Hate Crime Victim Support Systems in Eastern Europe and Western Balkans Countries
On 19 October 2021, ODIHR and VBRG will host a discussion workshop featuring promising and successful civil society initiatives in a number of OSCE countries in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans aiming to develop effective responses to…
Meeting
Taking stock of achievements and lessons of the past, looking at the future: Consultation meeting on ODIHR’s Roma and Sinti-related activities
ODIHR will host a consultation meeting on 13 October 2021 in Warsaw, Poland, to take stock of the Office’s work on Roma and Sinti issues. The event will take place on the sidelines of the conference “ODIHR: three decades and ready for the…
Workshop
First Meeting of the Gender Advisers’ Network in Ukraine
The event is part of efforts by ODIHR and the Ukrainian Government Commissioner on Gender Equality Policy to support the establishment of a Gender Advisers’ Network in Ukraine as a support, exchange and networking structure for gender…
September 2021
Workshop
Workshop on the Participatory Gender Audit of the Parliament of Malta
As part of support ODIHR provides to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is organising a participatory gender audit workshop for the Parliament of Malta on 27 and 28 September 2021. The workshop aims…
Meeting
National Security Institutions and the Jewish Community in Lithuania: Raising Awareness and Building Effective Communication
The event is designed to raise awareness among law enforcement officials about Jewish history and culture in Lithuania. It also aims to lead to a greater understanding of the contemporary security challenges facing the Jewish community…
Training
Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Effectively: Train-the-Trainer Workshop
Topics and sessions As part of its capacity building activities on human rights and counter-terrorism issues, ODIHR will hold, in cooperation with the Office of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), a train-the-trainer course…
Training
Protecting human rights defenders and co-creating inclusive civil society space in Europe: The role of NHRIs – 2021 NHRI Academy Follow-up Training
The 2021 NHRI Academy Follow-up Training aims to train senior and mid-level staff from Slovenia’s Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman on ways to: protect the rights of human rights defenders; promote the important role of human rights…
Meeting
National Security Institutions and the Jewish Community in Latvia: Raising Awareness and Building Effective Communication
The event is designed to raise awareness among law enforcement officials about Jewish history and culture in Latvia. It also aims to lead to a greater understanding of the contemporary security challenges facing the Jewish community, such…
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