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Event archive
December 2024

Training
Human Rights at International Borders: Exploring New Technologies, their Risks and Opportunities
In a nutshell The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is inviting applications for a training course for human rights defenders working at international borders in the Northern Mediterranean region. The course…
Training
Detention monitoring and the protection of human rights while preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in prisons
This regional training course aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills of independent detention monitors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia with regard to protecting human rights while preventing and countering…

Seminar
Transforming political parties from within: Gender audits and action plans
Political parties are often called the ‘gatekeepers’ of democracy, and, in particular, of women’s political participation, because of their fundamental and unique role in the democratic process. They represent the views and perspectives of…
November 2024
Meeting
Criminal Justice for Central Asia: 9th Expert Forum
The purpose of the Expert Forum is to conduct an informed dialogue and exchange experiences in order to contribute to policy development and reform in the area of criminal justice in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan…
Meeting
Declaration of Principles on International Election Observation: Annual Implementation Meeting
The Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and the Code of Conduct for International Election Observers establish the basis for credible and impartial international election observation. Officially commemorated at…
Meeting
Declaration of Principles on International Election Observation: Annual Implementation Meeting
The Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and the Code of Conduct for International Election Observers establish the basis for credible and impartial international election observation. Officially commemorated at…
Meeting
Declaration of Principles on International Election Observation: Annual Implementation Meeting
The Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and the Code of Conduct for International Election Observers establish the basis for credible and impartial international election observation. Officially commemorated at…
Training
ODIHR/FES School on Politics, Leadership and Advocacy
This course is part of ODIHR’s four-year project ' Building Stronger Democratic Institutions in Eastern Partnership Countries’, supported and financed by the European Commission and co-financed by the Government of Italy. The school aims To…
October 2024
Workshop
Czech Republic: Assessing hate crime victim support structures and services
Hate crime victims are targeted simply because of who they are and the group to which they belong. As a result, hate crime victims require specialist support and protection to address the harm done. To ensure hate crime victims’ needs are…

Training
Training on human rights at international borders: Exploring new technologies, their risks and opportunities
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is inviting applications for a training course for human rights defenders working at international borders in South-Eastern Europe. Open to human rights defenders…
Training
Addressing Racially Motivated Crimes against Roma, Sinti, and Travellers: Towards Effective and Non-discriminatory Policing
The training course is based on a joint training portfolio developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe (CoE), which aims to strengthen the capacity of police officers working…
Training
Political Integrity Bootcamp 2024: Integrity of Political Finance
The overarching focus of the 6 th ODIHR/TI Political Integrity Bootcamp is providing a platform for dialogue on integrity standards of political finance among relevant stakeholders in the Europe and Central Asian region. Bringing together…

Seminar
Making gender equality in politics a national policy priority
In a nutshell: Advancing gender equality in politics in many countries is still not a governmental national policy priority. While the majority of OSCE participating States have adopted some form of multi-year national gender equality…
Meeting
Situation of Human Rights Defenders: Bosnia and Herzegovina
In a nutshell On 17 October 2024, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will hold a multi-stakeholder meeting in Sarajevo to discuss the findings of its recent report on the situation of human rights defenders…
Training
Countering Terrorism Effectively while Protecting Human Rights: Belgium
Training
Call for applications - Training on digital safety and security for Ukrainian Roma and pro-Roma human rights defenders
ODIHR is looking for up to 15 Ukrainian Roma and pro-Roma human rights defenders, activists and advocates to join its two-day training focusing on digital safety and security applied in human rights work in war climate.