Security and Human Rights Monitor The Security and Human Rights Monitor (SHR Monitor) is a multifaceted platform that provides analysis on the work of the OSCE, as well as on security and human rights challenges stemming from the OSCE region and beyond.
08 April 2013
Open source intelligence and privacy dilemmas: Is it time to reassess state accountability?
07 April 2013
European ‘smart’ surveillance: What’s at stake for data protection, privacy and non-discrimination?
05 April 2013
Transdniestrian Settlement Process: Is the window of opportunity beginning to close?
18 March 2013
Looking Ahead to 2014: The OSCE’s Role in Central Asia and with regard to Afghanistan
15 March 2013
Conventional arms control in Europe: What are the stakes and how can the OSCE help?
23 February 2013
Armenian presidential elections expose rift between OSCE ODIHR and OSCE PA
22 February 2013
Russian parliament backs ban on “homosexual propaganda” in its first reading
22 February 2013
Time for the US to Re-think rather than Reset its Relationship with Russia
31 January 2013
Opportunities and challenges lie ahead as Ukraine takes helm of the OSCE
15 January 2013
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly takes unilateral decision to withdraw from the 1997 Cooperation Agreement with ODIHR: A blow to OSCE election observation?
08 January 2013
The OSCE and the Arab Spring: Two years after
08 January 2013
The OSCE and the Middle East and North African region: Not so fast?
19 December 2012
OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Dublin agrees on roadmap until 2015 but fails to overcome major differences
Building Security Through Cooperation
The Security and Human Rights Monitor (SHRM) provides regular updates on topical developments relevant to the mandate of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The publications on this website are meant to stimulate dialogue and debate and / or inform readers on issues related to security and human rights.
The publication of the Security and Human Rights Monitor is made possible through the generous financial support of the governments of Austria, Liechtenstein, and the Netherlands.
The major themes include:
- Conflict prevention
- Human Rights
- Minorities
- Democracy building
- Cooperative security