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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…
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Venice, Italy

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…
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Tashkent, 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…
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Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

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…
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Warsaw, Poland

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…
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Warsaw, Poland

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…
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Hotel Jolly Alon, Chișinău, Moldova

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…
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Airport Hotel Okęcie, Warsaw…

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…
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Albacete, Spain

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…
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Yanka Kupala State University of…

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…
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Munich, Germany

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…
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Kharkiv, Ukraine

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…
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Vienna, Hofburg

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…
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Premises of the Human Rights…

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…
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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…
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European University Institute…

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…
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Brussels, Belgium