upholding human rights. In 2018, in Kyiv, the Office
launched the Ukrainian-language version of its Human Rights
Handbook on Policing Assemblies7. ODIHR also translated
this Handbook into Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian and
Serbian. Forty-eight senior police officers from Bosnia and
Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro (44 men
and four women) and 15 law enforcement trainers (eight
women and seven men) from Ukraine took part in ODIHRrun training workshops, which helped them build their skills
on human rights-compliant policing of assemblies.
Other, including co-ordination and cooperation
Following the publication of its Guidelines for Public Security
Providers in Elections8 in 2017, ODIHR proceeded in 2018
with the standardized use of these guidelines in its election
observation missions whenever the role of the police was
assessed.
Activities Related to Threats
Posed by Criminal Activity
Counter-Terrorism & P/C VERLT
In 2018, ODIHR continued to provide through its Human
Rights and Anti-Terrorism Programme a broad range of
activities, including expert advice and policy guidance as well
as capacity-building for law enforcement officers, to assist the
OSCE participating States in the implementation of human
rights-compliant counter-terrorism policies and practices.
The May 2018 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference
in Rome, dedicated to the new challenges connected to the
reverse flow of FTFs, and a side event ODIHR organized at
the margins of the conference, also provided valuable input
for this document.
From 22 to 24 May, ODIHR organized a training workshop
in Fuenlabrada, Spain, which focused on the intrinsic link
between respecting human rights and the effectiveness of
measures to P/C VERLT.9 During the two-and-a-half day
workshop, 22 mid- to higher-level officers from the Spanish
local police forces (20 men and two women) analyzed the
risks originating from human rights violations and their
7
Available at www.osce.org/odihr/226981.
8
See www.osce.org/odihr/elections/339581.
9
See www.osce.org/odihr/324871.
ODIHR – Police-Related Activities 2018
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22
Total
74
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Information
Exchange / Institution
and Capacity-Building
Analysis of Lessons
Learned, Assessments
and Guidelines
Training
ACTIVITIES ON:
General Police Development and Reform 82%
Threats posed by Criminal Activity 18%
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