Publications

This report presents the key issues and challenges drawn from the interventions and discussions of key players at the seminar on Co-operation to Prevent Trafficking in Human Beings in the Mediterranean Region organized by the OSR/CTHB, which took place in Rome on 8 February 2013. Indeed, the Seminar helped in identifying priority areas for possible enhanced co-operation between participating States and the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation “to address the multiple challenges of a strategy aimed at eradicating modern slavery” in the Mediterranean Region.

The 2012 edition of "Hate Crimes in the OSCE Region – Incidents and Responses", is the latest in a line of annual reports prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) as part of the OSCE’s efforts to combat hate crime.

This report assesses the progress made by municipalities in Kosovo towards realizing the right to adequate housing through the provision of social housing and identifies some of the main shortcomings in their efforts.

This manual focuses on the investigation process and has been produced following requests from law enforcement officers working in the field for a practical tool to aid their work. It is designed to help improve democratic policing practice across the OSCE and to assist law enforcement

This publication is the first in a series of publications containing selected cases of discrimination from the practice of European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union. It is meant to serve as an essential tool for the Macedonian judges, the Commission for protection against discrimination, lawyers and legal practitioners and victims of discrimination. The publication is not available in English.

The research report contains results of a survey of discrimination in job advertisements. It was conducted based on a sample of 988 advertisements, published in four daily newspapers and one web portal from 15 April to 15 September 2013. The research is the first of its kind in the country and has several benefits.

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in co-operation with the National Information-Analytical Center on Drug Control under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan has been issuing the information bulletin on the Drug Situation in Central Asia on yearly basis since 2003. Data presented in publications are provided by the state drug control agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan and include official statistical, analytical and legislative information.

Since its adoption in 2003, the Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti in the OSCE Area has provided the blueprint for OSCE States, institutions and field missions in addressing the marginalization, discrimination and, sometimes, hostility and violence that Roma communities and individuals face. This report, published ten years after the Action Plan’s adoption, is the second such effort to review and assess the progress made in following that blueprint.

Inside the OSCE’s magazine: a special section on energy explores innovations in harnessing the sea, the sun and the wind.

An OSCE-supported analysis of the existing public procurement legislation identifies common irregularities and gaps that may be misused for corruption purposes, and provides recommendations on how to improve the public procurement system with the aim of preventing corruption. This report was presented to the Serbian Parliament members in 2009. It is not available in English.