Human Rights
The ODIHR works closely with other parts of
the OSCE engaged in anti-trafficking work. It
co-ordinates its activities with the Office of the
Special Representative and Co-ordinator for
Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, sharing information and findings from its activities
and contributing to the organization of the Representative’s events and conferences, in addition
to inviting the Representative to contribute to
the organization of ODIHR events.
The ODIHR and the Anti-Trafficking Assistance Unit have prepared joint papers for
the Permanent Council’s Working Group on
Human Rights Protection and Non-discrimination on new political commitments on trafficking, and have also provided joint comments on
national policy documents, including, for example, on the national action plans of Kyrgyzstan,
Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. The ODIHR
continues to provide regular support to field
missions and hosts an annual meeting in Warsaw for OSCE anti-trafficking focal points.
VI. Human rights, women and security
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000)
was the first-ever resolution passed by the Security Council that focuses specifically on women
and security. The OSCE took up the tasks outlined in the resolution in its own Action Plan
for the Promotion of Gender Equality of 2004,
which calls on OSCE structures to promote
implementation of the resolution on the role of
women in, inter alia, the prevention of conflicts
and post-conflict reconstruction.
All OSCE participating States are obliged to
implement the resolution; as member states of
the United Nations, they have agreed to accept
and implement the decisions of the Security
Council. A number of countries, such as Sweden and the UK, have developed national action
plans on implementation of UNSCR 1325. This
means that different states can contribute in different ways to strengthening a gender perspective in prevention and resolution of conflicts, crisis management, and peace-building and peacekeeping. Doing so requires that states identify
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their respective areas of priority and possibilities to contribute to the implementation of the
resolution.
The ODIHR has been raising awareness of,
and promoting implementation of, the resolution in South-Eastern Europe and Central
Asia. In the former, the ODIHR, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry for Human Rights
and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, conducted a one-day training workshop in Sarajevo for both government officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations
from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia, including Kosovo. The second phase of the
project involved a two-day roundtable, where
participants developed a regional action plan
for implementation of the resolution.
In Central Asia, the ODIHR organized the
first-ever regional roundtable on implementation of UNSCR 1325. With both governmental
officials and civil society representatives participating, from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, the purpose of the roundtable was to raise awareness of the provisions
of the resolution and to find ways forward for
further implementation and co-operation at
both the national and regional levels. The event
was organized in partnership with the United
Nations Development Fund for Women in the
Annual Report
Representing an Italian NGO,
Manfred Bergman spoke
on the rights of migrant
workers at a side event
during the Human Dimension
Implementation Meeting,
Warsaw, 4 October.
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