Activities
Human rights
The OSCE's human rights activities focus on such priorities as freedom of movement and religion, preventing torture and trafficking in persons.
The OSCE monitors and reports on the human rights situation in each of its 56 participating States, particularly in the areas of freedom of assembly and association, the right to liberty and to a fair trial, and in the use of the death penalty. It provides training and education across the field of human rights, including for government officials, law-enforcement officers, rights defenders and students.
The organization also responds to issues affecting the lives of individuals today, helping to ensure, for example, that human rights are protected in the global fight against terrorism and taking active steps to combat racism, discrimination and related forms of intolerance.
OSCE Institutions active in human rights protection:
Features
High level visit sees progress of Croatia's Housing Care Programme
State officials and members of the OSCE Office in Zagreb visited newly built flats in Dvor and Gvozd that will provide permanent housing for a number of returnees and internally displaced people.
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OSCE-supported Kosovo film festival continues to gain popularity
This year's Dokufest, Kosovo's biggest documentary and short film festival, was the most popular yet, with a few thousand fans and artists coming to Prizren to see nearly 140 films.
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OSCE helps Kosovo pre-schoolers learn about human rights
Five and six year-olds in Kosovo are starting to learn about human rights and non-discrimination thanks to an OSCE project that aims to help pre-school teachers integrate these topics into the youngsters' curriculum.
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As part of a human rights monitoring project, a pre-trial detention centre in Georgia is inspected. (OSCE/ODIHR)
Documents
Handbook for Human Rights education
English (718 KB), Albanian (1.76 MB), Azerbaijani (1.79 MB), Bulgarian (1.72 MB), Croatian (1.73 MB), German (1.69 MB), Macedonian (1.72 MB), Russian (790 KB), Serbian (1.73 MB), Slovenian (1.75 MB), Turkish (1.69 MB), Ukrainian (1.73 MB), Romany (1.78 MB)
Handbook offered by the OSCE Slovenian Chairmanship 2005 together with a pilot project to introduce human rights education in schools.