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Event archive
December 2019
Roundtable
Democratic Lawmaking and Public Consultations - The Theory and Realities from the OSCE Region
ODIHR, in collaboration with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, is organizing the first meeting of the Group of Experts to develop guidelines on good lawmaking and public consultations. The roundtable discussion will gather 20 experts…
Roundtable
Roundtable on Registration and the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities
The expert meeting will primarily focus on the application of the Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities published by ODIHR and the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission to the domestic context of Uzbekistan…
Conference
Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings from a Human Rights Perspective: From Identification to Return
The purpose of the Proactive Engagement in Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings conference is to provide state authorities and civil society bodies in Sweden with guidance and an overview of relevant international standards to direct…
Training
Roma Leadership Academy “Nicolae Gheorghe”
The Roma Leadership Academy “Nicolae Gheorghe” is designed to strengthen participants' knowledge of democratic institutions and OSCE commitments in the field of democratic governance, to facilitate a deeper understanding of ways in which…
Meeting
Expert Meeting on the 2010 Kyiv Recommendations on Judicial Independence
This meeting will address contemporary challenges and good practices relating to judicial administration against the backdrop of a planned review of available ODIHR guidance on judicial independence. In 2010, the ODIHR Kyiv Recommendations…
November 2019
Conference
Functional Independence of Prosecutors in Moldova – Presentation of Needs Assessment Report
Prosecutors are a vital part of any legal system. They are supposed to able to make decisions based only on the applicable law and the facts of the case. When prosecutors are subjected to undue influence by the legislature, executive…
Seminar
Promoting Equal Access to Quality Early Childhood Education for Roma and Sinti Children
The goal of the regional seminar is to contribute to improving the access of Roma children to early childhood education opportunities and their transition to quality non-segregated primary education. The seminar aims to collect solutions…
Training
Protecting Human Rights and Effectively Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that May Lead to Terrorism
The training focuses on the intrinsic link between the protection of human rights and the effectiveness of measures to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that may lead to terrorism (VERLT) at the local/community level…
Seminar
Grodno Forum of Women Leaders
Many decisions that affect everyday life are made by locally elected bodies. Yet, despite efforts to support greater women’s participation and leadership at the local level, women remain under-represented in local decision-making across the…
Meeting
Responding to Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes and Addressing the Security Needs of Jewish Communities
Part of ODIHR’s “ Turning Words into Action to Address Anti-Semitism” project, this event will provide a platform for discussing the security needs of Jewish communities in Bavaria, Germany, including developing responses to anti-Semitic…
Conference
Academic Conference “The Role of Money in Ukrainian Politics and Elections”
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are jointly organising the academic conference “The Role of Money…
Meeting
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) III on the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly
The third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting will provide a platform for an exchange of views among OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions and other executive structures and a variety of international organizations, civil society…
Training
Training on Monitoring Weapons and Restraints and the Prevention of Torture
The training event is designed for members of Slovenia’s Ombuds Institution, the national preventive mechanism for the prevention of torture and civil society representatives. It aims to enhance the participants’ understanding of monitoring…
Training
Annual Trial Monitoring Training 2019
ODIHR will organize a training event in trial monitoring and fair trial rights for NGOs in Kyrgyzstan from 12 to 14 November 2019. The aim of the training is to encourage civil society actors’ involvement in trial monitoring activities in…
Training
Young Policy Advisers Course for OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation
Part of ODIHR’s Young Policy Advisers Course (PolAd) training programme, the course is designed for young civil servants at an early-middle stage of their careers from the six countries that are the OSCE’s Mediterranean Partners for Co…
Workshop
Shaping Politics and Migration Narratives
Governments and politicians, through their policies and discourse, set the tone for public debate. But politicians are not the only ones shaping the narrative and they do not operate in a vacuum. Developing a better and more nuanced…