On 21-22 November, the TNTD/SPMU participated in the workshop “Integrating Gender into Security Sector Oversight: Experiences from the OSCE and Beyond”, jointly organized by ODIHR, DCAF and the OSCE Secretariat Gender Section in Vienna. The workshop contributed to the envisaged re-design of the TNTD-Gender Section Fact Sheet Integrating a Gender Approach into Police-Public Partnerships. In a follow-up to their meeting in August 2013, the TNTD/SPMU, together with the OSCE Office in Yerevan, hosted an “International Conference on Police Reform” in Yerevan on 2627 November. The on-going police reform in the country was presented to a wider audience, including civil society, mass media and the international community. The conference provided a forum for exploring the experiences of other countries with similar backgrounds; discussing their achievements and challenges during police reforms; as well as exchanging ideas for further improvements in the field of policing. On 29 November, the TNTD/SPMU, together with ODIHR, published the jointly developed Human Rights in Counter-Terrorism Investigations Manual in Vienna. The manual adopts an operational approach to examine different phases of counter-terrorism investigations and their potential impact on human rights. At the launching event, the new publication was presented in detail and discussions were held on the main human rights issues arising in the course of counter-terrorism investigations as well as on the ways to develop and deliver training on the protection of human rights in counter-terrorism investigations. The manual builds on the joint expertise of the TNTD and ODIHR on democratic policing and human rights respectively. Throughout the year, the TNTD/SPMU supported the TNTD/ATU and ODIHR in drafting a guidebook on Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: A Community Policing Approach. The guidebook was planned to be published in 2014 (see also chapter 2.3). Organized Crime in General Since organized crime is a multi-dimensional phenomenon of a transnational nature, the OSCE has developed a wide network of co-operation with institutions being involved in antiorganized crime activities. In 2013, the TNTD/SPMU continued its efforts in supporting and assisting specialized organizations such as UNODC in their anti-organized crime work. The Unit supported the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and its three Protocols. UNTOC is the main international instrument in the fight against transnational organized crime, and the TNTD/SPMU’s Adviser on Organized Crime is a member of the UNTOC Steering Committee and the Working Group of Government Experts on Technical Assistance. During the seven years that the TNTD/SPMU has supported the ratification and implementation of the UNTOC, 19 OSCE participating States ratified the convention, bringing the total number of ratifying and acceding States among the participating States to 57. The latest ratification took place on 24 September 2013.8 Moreover, nine out of the ten Partners for Co-operation have ratified the UNTOC as of December 2013. On 22-24 January, the TNTD/SPMU participated at a conference at EUROPOL Headquarters in the Hague, organized by EUROPOL, the European Commission and the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument (TAIEX), managed by the European Commission’s Directorate-General on Enlargement. The conference examined the structures of Western Balkans’ organized crime. The event targeted law enforcement and judicial practitioners, investigators and prosecutors actively dealing with serious crime investigations linked to criminals and groups originating from Albania, Bosnia and 8 For an update of the UNTOC ratification status see: www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CTOC/signatures.html 27