APPENDIX 1 The vast majority of ODIHR’s key recommendations on the Draft Amendments to the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia had been taken into account during the revision process. Likewise, in Moldova, most recommendations were incorporated into the revised Draft Law on the Prosecution Service of the Republic of Moldova. In March, at the request of the Directorate of the Public Order Police Service of the Police Presidium of the Czech Republic, ODIHR organized an “Introductory Seminar on Police and Roma and Sinti Communities, Addressing Hate Crimes and Facilitating Freedom of Peaceful Assembly” to present ODIHR’s work and existing training tools. Community-Policing and Police-Public Relations From 26-28 May, ODIHR participated in the International Police Workshop on “Good Practice in Policing with Respect to Roma Minority Group“, organized by the Police Presidium of the Czech Republic. The workshop gathered over 60 police officers and other representatives of the MoIs from the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, the Slovak Republic, and the UK. Different existing programs as well as best practices for improving the relationship between Roma communities and police were presented at the workshop. ODIHR informed participants about the human rights challenges in ODIHR’s monitoring activities in this area. In 2015, ODIHR initiated a two year project to develop a training curriculum and a trainers’ manual for law enforcement on effective and human rights-compliant policing in relation to Roma and Sinti communities. In line with the OSCE mandate given by the 2003 Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti within the OSCE Area, with particular regard to recommendations relating to the police (Recommendations 26 – 35)6, this training will strengthen the capacity of law enforcement officials to comply with OSCE commitments and international human rights standards, and improve relations and build trust between police and Roma and Sinti at a local level. In this regard, ODIHR visited Ukraine, Slovakia and Sweden to consult with law enforcement officials, civil society representatives, and Roma and Sinti, including women and youth, about police-Roma relations as well as security and safety concerns of the community. ODIHR also identified existing community-policing policies and practices, particularly with regards to police abuse of human rights when dealing with Roma and Sinti and multiple forms of discrimination faced by Roma and Sinti women. On 14 and 15 October, a draft outline of the training curriculum for law enforcement on effective and human rights-compliant policing in relation to Roma and Sinti communities was developed and reviewed by experts, including police and Roma and Sinti representatives (10 men and 5 women), in a peer-review meeting in Warsaw. This draft curriculum was based on the above mentioned findings and previous work done by ODIHR. In December, ODIHR visited Romania to hold focus group meetings with Roma and Sinti, civil society representatives, and police officers to learn about safety and security in Roma and Sinti communities. The information collected allowed for further adaptation of the training curriculum for the first pilot training for law enforcement on effective and human rightscompliant policing in relation to Roma and Sinti communities in Romania. It is planned to be organized in co-operation with the Romanian police at the beginning of 2016 in Bucharest. 6 Ministerial Council Decision No. 3/03 Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti within the OSCE Area. Available at http://www.osce.org/ odihr/17554?download=true. On 30 September, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, ODIHR organized a side event on “Current Human Rights Challenges in Policing Roma and Sinti Communities in the OSCE Region”. The side event brought together civil society representatives and state representatives, including national human rights institutions, to discuss existing human rights challenges and recent police practices and operations targeting Roma and Sinti communities in the OSCE area. From 5-6 November, ODIHR participated in the international conference “Improving Women’s Access to Justice in Five Eastern Partnership Countries”, organized by the Council of Europe in Kvareli, Georgia. The conference gathered around 65 participants, mainly lawyers and judges from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. ODIHR presented the specific obstacles in access to justice for Roma and Sinti women, arising from discrimination in existing practices. Discriminatory practices concern justifiability, accessibility, availability, good quality of justice, access to equality bodies, and Roma women being victims of domestic violence and violence against women. Gender-Based and Domestic Violence In 2015, ODIHR continued to provide support to OSCE participating States in developing and reforming legal frameworks to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence, in line with international standards and good practice. Upon request, ODIHR reviewed a package of draft amendments to the legal framework on preventing and combating domestic violence in Moldova7 with the aim of 7 OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Legal Framework on Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence in Moldova (9 July 2015), available at http://www. legislationline.org/documents/id/19858. 131