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Vienna, 15 November – The development of women’s entrepreneurial skills and equal opportunity for participation in the labour market, the effective participation of women in decision-making processes in the economic and environmental spheres, and enhancing women’s leadership role in the OSCE region were among the themes discussed yesterday at the OSCE’s Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting (EEDIM).

“Considering the current challenges for the security and stability of the OSCE region, caused by Russia’s devastating war of aggression against Ukraine and its people, discussions on past achievements and possible future OSCE engagement in the economic and environmental sphere seem more important than ever” said Ambassador Adam Halachinski, Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council. “Today’s discussion is particularly relevant for women who are disproportionately affected by economic crisis and turmoil”.

“We are living very challenging times. With a war on the European continent and the aftermath of a deadly pandemic, women face not only security and health concerns, but unique economic and social challenges. In this context, the promotion of women’s rights and gender equality should be one of the priority areas of activity for all national governments and international organizations and institutions,” Liliana Palihovici, OSCE Chairman in Office Special Representative on Gender said.

“The pandemic and raising inflation rates have exacerbated existing fragilities, affecting those already suffering from long-standing economic marginalization,” Ambassador Igli Hasani, Coordinator of the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities said. “Women represent the majority of the citizenry. Therefore, OCEEA is working toward women’s economic empowerment and engaging policymakers who must take proactive measures to prevent marginalization and increase the participation of women in the economic sphere.”

The EEDIM convenes once a year to review the implementation of Ministerial Council decisions, to assess the implementation of economic and environmental commitments and to gather ideas for future OSCE activities. It brings together governmental officials, civil society representatives, academia and the business community.

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On 15 November 2022, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department held a workshop in Sarajevo dedicated to updating the curriculum for law enforcement on gender-based violence (GBV).

Workshop participants analysed and proposed improvements to the training curriculum on GBV for law enforcement, including further alignment with the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention, building on a regional pilot state-of-the-art curriculum, and the main findings from the mapping of police and judicial training curricula on GBV conducted in 2021 as part of the OSCE WIN project.

Maida Ćehajić-Čampara, OSCE consultant, emphasized that all forms of GBV, as per the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, need to be reflected in the basic, specialized and continuous education for police officers. In addition, all police officers need to be trained on gender equality, to be able to understand what a survivor of GBV is experiencing and thus to be able to provide an appropriate response, while holding perpetrators accountable.

The workshop gathered 18 participants (eight women and ten men) from the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Police Academy of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, Basic Court Bijeljina, Federal Police, Federal Centre for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training, Agency for Gender Equality, Brčko District Police, Agency for Education and Professional Training, Federal Gender Centre and NGO Vive Žene.

During the workshop, participants discussed the set of recommendations proposed by the OSCE to improve the curriculum on GBV and elaborated on the best way to institutionalize these changes. Participants also stressed the project's relevance and continued interest in its activities.

This is the fourth workshop on training curriculum organized within the project “Enhancing Criminal Justice Capacities for Combating Gender-based Violence in South-Eastern Europe”, supported by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This workshop will be followed by a specialized training course for police officers, taking place in 2023, organized in co-operation with the Police Academy of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs. The training will ensure local ownership and a full customization to the national context.

WARSAW, 16 November 2022 – As it launches its hate crime dataset on today’s International Day for Tolerance, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) called on states to deepen their cooperation with civil society organizations working to counter hate and make a greater effort to support victims.

“Hate crimes are devastating for the communities they affect, but they can also destabilise entire societies,” said ODIHR Director Matteo Mecacci. “Civil society plays a vital role in addressing hate and intolerance across the OSCE region. Civil society organizations therefore remain an invaluable partner for states in responding to all forms of hatred, and they need to be integrated into every hate crime response from the outset.”

Victims of hate often turn to civil society organizations to report a crime, seek support, and access vital services. Through cooperation with state authorities, civil society can provide specialist support for hate crime victims, feed into national policy to combat intolerance and hate, and help boost reporting among targeted communities. By entering into genuine collaboration with civil society, states can develop efficient and targeted activities to tackle hate crime and meet the differing needs of individual victims.

ODIHR’s hate crime database is the largest of its kind worldwide. It is updated each year with information from official, civil society and other sources, and includes data on hate crime legislation, recording, prosecution and sentencing, as well as best practices.

Many states would benefit from strengthening their cooperation with civil society organizations working to address hate crime. Civil society groups continue to report thousands of hate crimes to ODIHR each year, despite increasingly limited resources and other challenges. Sadly, and as an acute reminder of the difficulties they face, civil society reported a number of hate incidents specifically targeting civil society activists and other human rights defenders in 2021.

States and civil society should increase their efforts and work together towards a time in which the definition of tolerance goes beyond acceptance to mean true respect and appreciation for pluralism and diversity in our societies, as the Personal Representatives of the OSCE Chair-in-Office on addressing tolerance issues said in their statement today.

ODIHR offers countries across the OSCE region a range of resources and tools to help them support hate crime victims, improve hate crime monitoring and recording practices, and strengthen co-operation with civil society. The full range of ODIHR resources on countering hate crime is available here.

WARSAW/VIENNA, 16 November 2022 - As the Personal Representatives of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office tasked with addressing tolerance issues, we are cognizant of the enormous challenges that we face on this International Day of Tolerance.

Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is still being waged, bringing death and destruction, and forcing millions to flee their homes in its wake. Extremist voices across the OSCE region foment hate-motivated attacks on vulnerable ethnic and religious groups and minorities, including anti-Semitic attacks and hate crimes against Muslims, Christians and members of other religions, Roma and Sinti, migrants, and refugees, and people of African and Asian descent. Difficult economic conditions and looming fuel shortages will bring additional stress to the social cohesion of our society and threaten to undermine our abiding belief in democracy and human rights.

In the face of these challenges, we call on all OSCE participating States to take note of their obligation to protect and respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all individuals and take all necessary steps to safeguard them. These include commitments to enact and strengthen legislation to combat anti-Semitism, racism, and xenophobia; to establish national bodies to promote tolerance and non-discrimination; to develop educational programs, and; to share best practice models.

The hate crime dataset from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides official data as well as information from civil society on hate crimes committed across the OSCE region. Governments can learn from each other to use all the tools at their disposal to prevent and counter hate crimes. They should also work cooperatively with civil society, especially with religious and belief leaders and communities, young persons, and women. We all have a role to play.

We look forward to the day when tolerance will come to mean not only acceptance, but true respect and appreciation for pluralism and diversity in our societies.

Rabbi Andrew Baker
Personal Representative on Combating Anti-Semitism

Associate Professor Dr. Regina Polak
Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions

Ambassador Dr. Ismail Hakki Musa
Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims

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