Publications

This edition of OSCEval News is dedicated to the Independent Evaluation of the OSCE Trans-National Threats Department’s (TNTD/ATU) Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism Thematic Portfolio on ‘Strengthening Rule of Law Compliant Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism’. This evaluation was conducted by an external consultant in collaboration with the Office of Internal Oversight (OIO) in 2021. It proposes key recommendations to strengthen programming in the Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism thematic area, across the Organization.

This policy brief has been prepared based on the document Towards Education that Creates Changes: The report on the analysis of documents regulating primary and general secondary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina – on the path from traditional to contemporary curricula based on student learning outcomes, that has been developed in 2020 by a group of authors, experts in the area of education, who were engaged by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina within the project titled “Quality Education through Curriculum Reform” that is run by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina with financial support of the governments of the Kingdom of Norway and the Italian Republic.

The Analysis of the Current Situation and Proposals for Improving the System of Collective Management and Individual Exercise of Copyright and Related Rights in the Republic of Serbia by lawyer Dragan Milic was done in order to contribute to support the Media Strategy and  Action Plan implementation and offers insights in media-related copyright issues. 

The Analysis of the Labour Legal Status of Journalists and Media Workers in Serbia with Recommendations for Improvement by Mario Reljanovic, research associate at the Institute for Comparative Law in Belgrade was done in order to provide overview of the situation concerning labour rights of journalists and media workers, and offers a base for further discussions on this important topic.

The report is an adapted summary of materials prepared within the programme of measures for the Don river basin. The publication consists of two parts. The first one provides an overview of main water issues, namely the water pollution, groundwater depletion, the impact of climate change on the state of water resources and the aspects related to the armed conflict in the region. The second part summaries suggested measures for improving the state of water resources  and presents them as a long and short lists according to the implementation priorities.

Turning commitments into action: Conclusions and recommendations to implement the OSCE commitments on preventing and combating violence against women and girls

Turning commitments into action: Conclusions and recommendations to implement the OSCE commitments on preventing and combating violence against women and girls

In 2020, the OSCE Gender Issues Programme conducted a series of sub-regional expert meetings1 in order to take stock of progress towards fulfilment of OSCE commitments on preventing and combating violence against women and girls (VAWG)2. The meetings focused on two central themes: (1) the justice system response to VAWG and (2) services and support provided to survivors of violence. The aim of each meeting was to exchange information and to identify areas of progress as well as persistent challenges. The experts’ views and recommendations will ultimately contribute to shaping initiatives within the OSCE’s multi-year WIN- Women and Men Innovating and Networking for Gender Equality programme and also to overall organizational strategic planning to address the elimination of VAWG across the OSCE region.

In 2020, the OSCE Gender Issues Programme conducted a series of sub-regional expert meetings1 in order to take stock of progress towards fulfilment of OSCE commitments on preventing and combating violence against women and girls (VAWG)2.