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Event archive
December 2023
Training
Gender Equality and Law-making Training for Parliamentary Staff
As part of ODIHR’s support to parliaments in the OSCE region in becoming more gender-sensitive, the Office is co-organizing an action-oriented workshop for parliamentary staff tasked with supporting members of parliament, parliamentary…
Meeting
The role of defence counsel in war crime trials in Ukraine
On 14 December 2023, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision in Ukraine, hosted a webinar focused on selected substantive and procedural topics of…
Meeting
Engaging the Ukrainian Diaspora in Reconstruction and Development
An online launch of the ODIHR report on efforts to engage the Ukrainian diaspora in reconstruction and development in the aftermath of the 2022 military attack by the Russian Federation will take place on 12 December 2023. The report…
Workshop
Fostering dialogue among media professionals on fair and constructive media coverage about people belonging to national minorities, including Roma and Sinti
The workshop aims to facilitate dialogue among media professionals on balanced and positive media narratives about minority communities, including Roma and Sinti, with a focus on increasing media stakeholders' awareness and understanding of…
Meeting
Expert consultation meeting: Addressing systemic challenges in judiciaries
ODIHR will organize an expert consultation meeting on addressing systemic challenges in judiciaries on 12 December 2023 in Warsaw. In particular, the meeting will provide a space to identify, share and discuss some of the lessons learned in…
Training
Hate Crime Training for Polish Police: Train-the-trainer Course
ODIHR’s three-day training workshop will prepare participants – police officers from across Poland – to train other police officers to recognize and work with hate crime cases and hate crime victims. This approach will enable ODIHR’s…
Roundtable
Roundtable on Human Rights and New Technologies
Effective use of algorithmic decision-making requires oversight grounded in human rights and fundamental freedoms. As part of its work to assist participating States in implementing new technologies in a human rights-centric manner, ODIHR…
Meeting
Preventing and Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty: Launch of the ODIHR publication in Polish
The important role of national monitoring bodies and civil society in preventing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in places of deprivation of liberty will be the focus of an event ODIHR is organizing on 7 December 2023 in Warsaw…
Conference
Final Conference for Participants of ODIHR’s Youth For Inclusion Workshops
ODIHR’s Youth for Inclusion final conference will conclude a series of seven workshops on fostering equal, inclusive and cohesive societies across Poland that engaged Polish and Ukrainian young people throughout 2022 and 2023. The Youth for…
November 2023
Training
Training on addressing racially motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers: Towards effective and non-discriminatory policing
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe (CoE) are organizing a train-the-trainer course on addressing radically motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers and promoting…
Meeting
ODIHR’s Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting
An annual ODIHR trial monitoring meeting is taking place in Skopje on 22 and 23 November 2023, organized in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, around 30 representatives from…
Roundtable
Resilience to Undue Influence in Elections from a Political and Campaign Finance Perspective
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is supporting the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in organising a roundtable discussion entitled "Resilience to Undue Influence in Elections from a Political and…

Training
Young Women's Political Academy for young women politicians and aspiring leaders from Georgia: Call for Applications
ODIHR is organizing the third Young Women’s Political Academy (YWPA) as part of its award-winning CHANGE (“Capitalizing on the Human Dimension Mandate to Advance Gender Equality”) project. This is the first national edition of the Academy…
Meeting
Promoting the participation of people with disabilities: Launch of ODIHR’s interactive tool for parliaments and political parties and presentation of ongoing disability inclusion efforts in Ireland
This event, co-hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the parliament of Ireland (Oireachtas) is dedicated to promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in Ireland and the OSCE region as a…
Training
Training on detention monitoring and the protection of human rights while preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in prisons
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is organizing a training course to strengthen the knowledge and skills of independent detention monitors from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan with regard to protecting human…
Meeting
Annual meeting of the ODIHR Advisory Panel on the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities
The annual meeting of the ODIHR Advisory Panel on the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities is a chance to expand research, network with colleagues and disseminate knowledge about the political participation of people with…