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This Opinion was prepared in response to the request of the Chairperson of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues, confirming the Office’s readiness to prepare a legal opinion on the compliance of the Draft Law with international human rights standards and OSCE human dimension commitments.

It is important to know what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo report 'Beyond Fake News- Advancing media and information literacy for an informed society' provides a comprehensive series of policy briefs on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) aimed at addressing the growing challenges posed by misinformation, disinformation, digital manipulation, and ethical concerns in the media landscape.

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Military exercise “Joint Viking 2025”, conducted in Norway from 3 to 14 March 2025.

1101st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

1101st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

1101st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

1101st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation