HUMAN RIGHTS Snježana Bokulić, Head of ODIHR’s Human Rights Department, presents a new OSCE manual for lawenforcement officers on human rights in counter-terrorism investigations, Vienna, 29 November 2013. (OSCE/Micky Kroell) course in Dushanbe on the protection of human rights when securing borders from terrorism. The course was offered to 26 border and customs officials from 12 OSCE participating States and two Partners for Co-operation. In December, ODIHR organized an expert meeting in Warsaw with representatives of civil society organizations and the OSCE Secretariat to discuss the impact of counter-terrorism financing measures on freedom of association throughout the OSCE region. In 2013 ODIHR and the OSCE TNTD/ATU worked towards the development of a Guidebook on Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VERLT): a Community Policing Approach, which will be published in early 2014. The Guidebook was reviewed by counterterrorism, police and human rights experts during a peer-review meeting in March. The publication will provide guidance to policymakers and senior police officials on the use of a community-policing approach to preventing terrorism and countering VERLT. Upon the request of the Tunisian Ministry of Human Rights and Transitional Justice, ODIHR produced in December a legal review of Tunisia’s draft law related to the fight against terrorism and prevention of money laundering. The review, which is part of a wider project to assist the OSCE’s Mediterranean Partners, offers recommendations to ensure the compliance of the draft law with international human rights standards. Human Rights, Gender and Security ODIHR continued to promote a human rights and gender perspective within the security sector. Activities focused on improving the human rights knowledge and skills of security sector personnel and on promoting public oversight of the security sector. ODIHR’s work to promote the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security and related OSCE commitments on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security continued. ODIHR launched a series of human rights ODIHR Annual Report 2013  /   47