Publications

The three OSCE field operations: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Serbia and OSCE Mission to Skopje supported the development of Guidelines for Determining Non-pecuniary Damage in Cases of Discrimination (Guidelines).  These Guidelines are the result of an extensive and

This guide shows how restorative justice can be used to address hate incidents and hate crimes.

A factsheet explaining the work of ODIHR in promoting the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief.

Anti-Christian hate crimes — criminal offences motivated by bias against Christians — are an extreme manifestation of intolerance that send a harmful message of exclusion to victims and their communities.

A factsheet on ODIHR's activities in Ukraine

This guide supplements existing ODIHR guidance on prosecuting hate crime by outlining the legal and conceptual differences between hate crime and criminalized ‘hate speech’; outlining the consequences of misapplying ‘hate speech’ provisions to prosecute hate crime, providing practical guidance on how to avoid this; and making recommendations on how to improve practice at the national level. It does not provide guidance on how to handle individual cases of any form of criminalized ‘hate speech’, nor does it suggest what forms of behaviour should be criminalized.

This guide, which is built around ten key guiding principles, is aimed at national stakeholders who are interested in the meaningful and considerate inclusion of hate crime victims’ voices in policymaking and policy implementation processes.

Strengthening Targeted Assistance and Response Structures for Hate Crime Victims in the OSCE Region (STARS).

"Barometer for Equal Opportunities" is an OSCE and EU-sponsored survey, which was conducted in collaboration with Commission on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination and the Macedonian Centre for International Co-operation. This comprehensive survey unveils the key findings that shed light on perceptions of and experiences with discrimination and inequality in our society. It was conducted across diverse demographics and compared with past surveys from 2009, 2013, and 2018, and it gives us a powerful view into evolving trends in these areas.

OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe joint training for law-enforcement officers on human rights and non-discriminatory policing.