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Event archive
June 2024
Workshop
Making the Law Count: Interactive Workshop on Democratic Lawmaking
An interactive workshop on democratic lawmaking, entitled “Making the Law Count”, will take place in Warsaw on 24 and 25 June 2024. Following the publication of the ODIHR Guidelines on Democratic Lawmaking for Better Laws (2024), leading…
Seminar
Addressing the psychological needs of hate crime victims through a trauma-informed approach
Hate crimes target victims simply for who they are and send a message of rejection to all those who share the victim’s identity traits. For this reason, hate crimes can have a greater impact on victims than other crimes and can cause…
Training
2024 NHRI Academy: Securitization and Human Rights
The 2024 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) Academy focuses on strengthening NHRIs’ capacity to address challenges related to securitization, enabling NHRIs, through their mandate, to address securitization issues that have a direct…
Meeting
Protecting human rights in prisons while preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization to terrorism: the role of independent detention monitoring
On 11 June 2024, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with Penal Reform International (PRI), will hold a webinar to launch the French translation of “ Protecting Human Rights in Prisons while…
Meeting
Transforming Politics: Male Politicians as Critical Actors for Gender Equality — Expert meeting
Women’s political participation has expanded over the last three decades, and the proportion of women in the national parliaments of OSCE countries reached a record high of 31.5% at the end of 2023. The picture is more complicated when…
May 2024
Training
Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Effectively: Training for Law Enforcement in Pristina
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) are organizing a training course for law enforcement authorities on protecting human rights while countering terrorism effectively…
Conference
Media Literacy and Democracy: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting II
Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings are mandated meetings, organized within the framework of the Permanent Council by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, with support from ODIHR and other OSCE Institutions.
Training
Training-of-trainers on policing and human rights in the framework of the Women, Peace and Security agenda
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, in close collaboration with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the OSCE Project Co-Ordinator in Uzbekistan, is organizing a training-of-trainers on policing and human…
Training
Good practices in migrant integration in Chisinau, Moldova - training
ODIHR is organizing a two-day training course on good practices in migrant integration for key national stakeholders responsible for migration management, asylum and integration in Moldova. This course is part of ODIHR’s four-year project…
Training
Hate Crime Training for Icelandic Prosecutors: Train-the-trainer course
The role of prosecutors in recognizing and addressing hate crimes is essential to an effective hate crime response. Prosecutors must have a firm grasp of the hate crime concept and relevant provisions in national legislation in order to…
Meeting
Development of a Judicial Drafting Tool for War Crimes Cases: Working Meeting
ODIHR and Ukraine’s Supreme Court will organize an expert working group meeting to discuss the substantive, procedural and fair trial issues commonly confronting judges adjudicating Article 438 violations (war crimes) and related cases.
Conference
Promoting Conditions for Free and Fair Election Campaigns in the Western Balkans
ODIHR and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro are organizing a conference to exchange experiences and draw conclusions for follow-up action that aims to improve the conduct of election campaigns and the overall environment in which elections are…
Training
Hate Crime Training for Icelandic Police: Train-the-trainer course
ODIHR’s three-day workshop will train Icelandic police to recognize and work with hate crime cases and support hate crime victims by following the Office’s Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme. Participants…
Training
Training for members of the armed forces on gender and human rights assessments
As part of the state structure, armed forces personnel are bound to respect human rights and international humanitarian law in the exercise of their duties. At the same time, armed forces also bear a responsibility to ensure that the rights…
April 2024
Seminar
The UK Parliamentary Integrity System: how it works and lessons learned.
This event aims to share the good practices and experiences of the multi-layered mechanisms that the UK House of Commons has in place to ensure public accountability and the political credibility of elected representatives. The speakers…
Conference
The Role of Civil Society in the Promotion and Protection of International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting I
Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings are mandated meetings, organized within the framework of the Permanent Council by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, with support from ODIHR.
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