Publications

This is a publication that brings together a variety of perspectives, ideas and challenges identified by the partners of OSCE Presence in Albania from the non-government organizations and community activists at the local level.

The Community Rights Assessment Report assesses the situation of community rights and progress made by Kosovo institutions in respect to the 2017 Opinion of Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) Advisory Committee, in the areas of inter-community dialogue, security and justice, language, education, returns, socio-economic rights, culture and media. Significant developments since June 2015, when the fourth reporting period ended, are included in the current edition. Finally, the report provides a set of conclusions on the progress in promoting and protecting the rights of communities’ members in Kosovo, in line with the FCNM obligations.

This report is the result of the OSCE Mission to Serbia’s efforts to monitor the peer elections of judges to the High Judicial Council (HJC), conducted from October to December 2020. The Serbian non-governmental organization YUCOM served as an implementing partner in monitoring the election.

Preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) is an area of increasing focus at the international, regional and national levels. This also applies to the prison context, due to fears that prisons may represent breeding grounds for VERLT. Such concerns are heightened after terrorist attacks perpetrated by individuals who appear to have radicalized towards violence while imprisoned.

The publication supplements the “Methodological Manual for Cyber Hygiene Trainers”. it is used as a supporting material during a cyber hygiene training session under a program of general short-term advanced training for civil servants. The workbook includes theoretical basis for a short-term

The publication is useful guidance for educators delivering advanced trainings for civil servants and state officials of local self-governance on cyber hygiene. It promotes the use of interactive methods of teaching the adults to browse safely the cyberspace, supports development of skills for the

This paper explores the intersections between human trafficking and terrorism by analysing activities of terrorist groups through the lens of trafficking in human beings. Through a critical analysis of legal and policy regimes, the paper provides a comparative study of two crimes – human trafficking and terrorism – based on a series of illustrative examples collected from throughout the OSCE region. The outcome is a set of targeted recommendations to challenge the trafficking practices of terrorist groups by leveraging existing preventative and protective mechanisms in the anti-trafficking field. The intent of these recommendations is to support participating States in preventing the crime of trafficking by terrorist groups, hold the perpetrators fully accountable and protect victims.

Available in Ukrainian.

This guide, developed jointly by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Omega Research Foundation, seeks to share some of the technical knowledge monitors need to accurately and independently document the presence and manner of the use of law enforcement equipment during public assemblies.