2025 Publications February
6th Report on Monitoring of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Selected OSCE Participating States
This report presents the findings of ODIHR’s sixth peaceful assembly monitoring cycle, conducted in Estonia, France, Moldova and Romania, between May 2022 and June 2024.
English March
Sarajevo Tool for Engaging Male Politicians in Achieving Gender Equality in Politics
This publication gives guidance on how to inspire and strengthen the engagement of male politicians in promoting gender equality.
English, Bosnian, Russian March
CHANGE Project Factsheet
Launched in 2021, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) CHANGE project employs a transformative approach to promoting gender equality, women’s human rights and safety. It integrates a broad range of elements from across ODIHR's mandate to address obstacles to achieving gender equality.
English March
Democracy and Human Rights in the OSCE. The ODIHR Annual Report 2024
This report highlights the impact of activities carried out by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in 2024.
English March
Survivor-Informed Indicators for the Identification of Victims and Survivors of Trafficking in Human Beings
This publication aims to help address the gap in tools for identifiyng victims of trafficking in human beings, drawin on the knowledge, professional expertise and lived experience of survivor leaders from ISTAC.
English April
Stronger Democratic Institutions in Eastern Partnership Countries
An ODIHR project supported and funded by the EU, this project aims to increase public trust in democratic institutions and foster more inclusive, accountable and transparent governance, with respect for human rights and the rule of law. Stronger democratic institutions contribute to more effective responses to current crises while building resilience to future challenges.
English April
ODIHR Election Observation to the 2025 Presidential Election in Poland
A factsheet explaining the purpose of the Limited Election Observation Mission to Poland's 2025 Presidential Election.
English, Polish May
ODIHR Election Observation to the 2025 Presidential Election in Poland
This publication presents a comparative study of parliamentary oversight of the executive enshrined in the constitutions and parliamentary Rules of Procedure of 56 OSCE participating States.
English, Russian June
Integrating Roma and Sinti issues in the work of National Human Rights Institutions and National Equality Bodies — Guidelines
These guidelines aim to assist National Human Rights Institutions and National Equality Bodies in protecting and promoting human rights and equality for Roma and Sinti.
English July
Opening Doors for Children: Prevention of Childhood Statelessness - Good Practices in the OSCE Area
This guide, jointly developed by ODIHR, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and UNHCR, aims to encourage OSCE participating States to adopt good practices to address and prevent childhood statelessness, ensure universal birth registration and implement other positive measures to protect stateless children.
English July
Seventh Interim Report on reported violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Ukraine
English, Russian, Ukrainian July
Understanding Anti-Christian Hate Crimes and Addressing the Security Needs of Christian Communities — A Practical Guide
This guide sets out to increase understanding of anti- Christian hate crimes and the importance of ensuring the security needs of Christian communities.
English, Italian, Russian September
ODIHR and Roma and Sinti Issues
A factsheet explaining the work of ODIHR in promoting the human rights of Roma and Sinti and their integration in society.
English September
Migration and Human Rights at International Borders
A factsheet explaining the work of ODIHR on migration and human rights at international borders.
English September
ODIHR and the Rule of Law
A factsheet explaining the work of ODIHR on Rule of Law.
English, Russian September
Requesting Legislative Assistance from ODHIR
A factsheet explaining the work of ODIHR on Legislative Assistance and how to request it.
English, Russian September
Strengthening Lawmaking, Improving Laws
A factsheet explaining the work of ODIHR on democratic lawmaking.
English, Russian September
Supporting and Promoting the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
A factsheet explaining the work of ODIHR on supporting and protecting human rights defenders.
English September
Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion or Belief
A factsheet explaining the work of ODIHR in promoting the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief.
English September
Engaging Men on Gender Equality
This publicationpresents nine policy and good practice recommendations to support diverse audiences in their work to include men in building a more gender-equal, peaceful, prosperous and democratic world.
English October
Think Again: Freedom of Thought in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
This brief examines the implications for freedom of thought of the new information ecosystem, the potential impacts of AI-based neurotechnologies and outlines recommendations for states to consider in upholding freedom of thought in the digital age.
English October
Gender Parity Roadmap: Seven steps towards the equal and meaningful representation of women and men in politics
This publication presents a seven-step roadmap for OSCE participating States to work towards achieving gender parity.
English, Russian November
Implementing Restorative Justice for Hate Incidents and Hate Crimes - a Practical Guide
This guide helps practitioners navigate the complexities of restorative justice in hate crime and hate incident cases, while addressing the limitations and risks of such practices.
English December
Belief in Change: Engaging Religious Actors to End Violence against Women and Girls
This publication explores the different roles and contributions of religious actors in addressing VAWG. It includes examples of how religious actors are already engaged in fighting VAWG and outlines some ideas for constructive cooperation.
English December
Eighth Interim Report on reported violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Ukraine
English December
Experiences and Coping Strategies of Women in Politics - Tool 6
Complementing the previous five tools in the Addressing Violence against Women in Politics in the OSCE Region Toolkit, this tool presents the experiences of individual women politicians and their strategies for responding to and coping with violence.
English December
Disability Quotas for Parliamentary Elections
Disability quotas have emerged as a mechanism for increasing the representation of people with disabilities in national parliaments. This guide examines the three types of quotas used for parliamentary elections: reserved seats, legislative quotas, and party quotas.
English Translations of earlier publications
Sixth Interim Report on reported violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Ukraine Russian, Ukrainian
Anti-Muslim Hate Crime factsheet Bosnian
Belief, Dialogue and Security — Fostering dialogue and joint Albanian, Bosnian, action across religious and Croatian, Italian, belief boundaries Russian, Ukrainian
Parliamentary bodies for gender equality — Overview and recommendations — Tool 3 Russian Translations of earlier publications
Employment: The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion or Belief of Women at Work Bosnian
NSTAC GuidancGuidance on establishing and maintaining National Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Councils (NSTACs) Russian
Anti-Roma Hate Crime factsheet Spanish
Anti-Indigenous Hate Crime Factsheet Spanish Translations of earlier publications
Recommendations on Judicial Independence and Albanian, Accountability (Warsaw Russian, Recommendations), 2023 Ukrainian
The Right to Monitor Assemblies in the OSCE Region: Experiences from the Field Russian
Understanding Anti-Roma Hate Crimes and Addressing the Security Needs of Roma and Sinti Communities: A Practical Guide Spanish Translations of earlier publications
Introduction to the Nelson Mandela Rules International Training Programme, Trainer’s Manual Albanian
Hate Crime Prosecution Bosnian, Spanish, at the Intersection of Macedonian, Hate Crime and Montenegrin, Criminalized ‘Hate Polish, Romanian, Speech’: a Practical Guide Serbian Cyrillic
The Sensitive and Respectful Treatment of Hate Crime Victims Lithuanian See also our 2020- 2024 publications