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Event archive
December 2019
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…
October 2019
Meeting
Addressing Intolerance, Discrimination and Hate Crime: Responses of Civil Society and Christian and Other Religious Communities
This working-level meeting will bring together 25 representatives of civil society, religious communities and inter-governmental organizations to discuss the situation of intolerance against Christians and other communities in the OSCE area…
Training
Training Event on Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting Addressed to Roma Human Rights Defenders
Attention: application deadline extended! Part of ODIHR’s project “Advancing the Human Dimension of Security in Ukraine”, the training event is designed for Roma human rights defenders working on issues related to the human rights of Roma…
September 2019

Training
Youth Activist Forum: Engaging the OSCE to Address Racism and Xenophobia
As manifestations of anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, intolerance and discrimination continue across the OSCE region, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) continuously receives information on hate crimes…
Conference
Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2019
The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) of OSCE participating States is Europe's largest annual human rights and democracy conference. ODIHR organizes it every year in Warsaw as a platform for the 57 OSCE participating States, the…