Publications
The Information Guide for Practitioners on Access to Property Rights in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 February 2022
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Information Guide for Practitioners on Access to Property Rights in Kosovo is designed for practitioners working in the area of property rights, such as civil society organizations, notaries, cadastral offices and municipal bodies, where an interested party can direct their questions regarding property and inheritance rights. The Guide provides information on the main concepts related to property rights; it explains the process of property registration step by step, and offers an updated directory of main stakeholders that can facilitate exercising one’s property rights on the municipal level. The Guide emphasizes the equal rights of women and men to enjoy their property and inheritance rights and is accompanied by a Women's Access to Property and Inheritance Rights in Kosovo.
Disappearance of persons under the communist regime
Publishing date: 31 January 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
National Referral Mechanisms- Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons: A Practical Handbook – Second Edition
Publishing date: 24 January 2022
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
National referral mechanisms (NRMs) are the institutional mechanisms that help states identify human trafficking victims and ensure their protection. This handbook provides a guidance model which all OSCE participating States can adapt and apply within their own national systems to ensure that their NRMs meet the highest standards in both design and implementation.
EvalNews Edition 22- Independent Evaluation: Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism
Publishing date: 14 January 2022
Collections: OSCEval News
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: Office of Internal Oversight
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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.
Ensuring Justice for Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: Response of the criminal justice system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with recommendations
Publishing date: 27 December 2021
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This is the second public report by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina based on the monitoring of human trafficking and related cases completed before courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a review of relevant international standards and the national anti-trafficking legal framework, it examines abilities of the national criminal justice system to: effectively prosecute human trafficking and adequately punish those responsible for it; treat victims with dignity while protecting them from harmful consequences of their involvement in criminal proceedings; and facilitate victims’ right to seek compensation from offenders. The report closes with specific recommendations targeted at several key actors. These aim to improve the criminal justice response to human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
PREPARING A WORKSHOP FOR LAW STUDENTS
Publishing date: 27 December 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Youth, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
PREPARING A WORKSHOP FOR LAW STUDENTS: A brief guidebook with case studies for practical exercises in Hate Crimes, War Crimes and Crimes of Trafficking in Human Beings
Catalogue of NGOs on the left and right banks of the Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 21 December 2021
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Catalogue contains information provided by civil society organizations from the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River and non-governmental organizations on the right bank with partnership experience across the Dniester/Nistru River. The list of organizations is not exhaustive; the information is presented only about organizations which expressed interest to be included in the Catalogue.
Hate Monitor Report, November 2021
Publishing date: 22 December 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
It is important to now what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime
Guide for Social Service Officers in Assisting Victims of Domestic Violence
Publishing date: 26 November 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The objective of the “Guide for Social Service Officers in Assisting Victims of Domestic Violence” is to assist social service providers in treating victims and survivors of domestic violence with a victim-centered approach. Social service providers identify incidents of domestic violence, assist the victims and survivors in coping and recovering from the trauma they have experienced, explain the options available to victims and survivors so that they can make an informed decision about what next steps to take. The guide is drafted based on international and domestic standards and policies on prevention of domestic violence.
Criminalization of Socially Dangerous Actions During the Effect of the 2001 Сriminal Code of Ukraine: Recent Narratives in the Context of General Legislative Decisions Palette
Publishing date: 15 November 2021
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The paper explores legislative amendments in the area of criminalization during the period of effect of 2001 Criminal Code of Ukraine. Special attention is paid to the tendencies of criminalization of the socially dangerous acts, social context in which they happened and the issues that arose as a