This brief will provide clarity on situations in which gender may impact the ability to equitably access a short-term visa; it will assist states in mainstreaming gender into their visa policies to ensure that any potential gender inequalities are eliminated; it will also highlight good practices and recommend areas for improvement of current policies.
Visa regimes are not designed to disincentivize the entry of foreign nationals, but to enable states to assess the possible risks of allowing foreign citizens in, before their arrival at the border. By examining visa and visa-free regulations, states are better able to identify the levels at which cross-border mobility is facilitated in the OSCE region and ways in which OSCE participating States have liberalized visa regimes - bilaterally or multilaterally.
Good practices in integration of migrants in line with OSCE commitments and international standards
This report provides a summary of discussions during the conference "Good Practices in Integration of Migrants in Line with OSCE Commitments and International Standards" organized by the OSCE Office on Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova on 17 and 18 May 2017 in Chisinau.
Challenges and Perspectives on Hate Crime against Migrants
This report provides a summary of an expert roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office on Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-ordination with the British government, in London on 27 and 28 February 2018.
Migrant political participation: a review of policies and integration results in the OSCE region
This paper assesses the state of implementation and practice of the civic and political integration of migrants in the OSCE region and identifies the key channels and actors active in this process.
Local and central government co-ordination on the process of migrant integration: good practices from selected OSCE participating States
This paper explores the role of the local level in migrant integration across the OSCE region, as well as the potentials of improved multi-level co-ordination among the local, regional and national layers of government for better integration policies.