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Regional Housing Programme an excellent example of co-operation in Western Balkans, says Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO / ZAGREB, 24 June 2014- Representatives of the governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as international community donors and partners met in Zagreb from 23-24 June 2014 to discuss the progress of the Regional Housing Programme (RHP)...

Municipalities in Kosovo should further improve compliance with languages law, says OSCE Mission report

Publishing date: 23 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 23 June 2014 – Municipalities in Kosovo should further improve their compliance with the Law on the Use of Languages, concludes an OSCE Mission report presented today...

Bialiatski’s release “hopefully a sign of more to come,” says OSCE PA’s Holm

Publishing date: 23 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 23 June 2014 – Christian Holm (MP, Sweden), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Working Group on Belarus, today welcomed the release of human rights activist Ales Bialiatski after nearly three years into his prison term, calling the move “hopefully a sign of more to come”...

OSCE PA Annual Session: Migrants’ rights, political prisoners at core of human rights committee resolution

Publishing date: 20 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 20 June 2014 – Ensuring the security and human dignity of migrants and openly addressing the issue of political prisoners are among the key recommendations proposed by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions (Third Committee) in its draft resolution for the PA's upcoming Annual Session...

OSCE Mission to present report on language rights compliance by municipalities in Kosovo

Publishing date: 20 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 20 June 2014 – The OSCE Mission will present its report on how municipalities in Kosovo comply with language rights, at a conference in Pejё/Peć this coming Monday...

Annual human rights meeting in Tajikistan brings together government and civil society representatives

Publishing date: 19 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 19 June 2014 – Tajikistan’s record on its OSCE human rights commitments was the topic of a two-day meeting of government and civil society representatives that concluded today in Dushanbe...

OSCE and international partners honour Armenia’s human rights advocates

Publishing date: 19 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
The OSCE and international partners honoured individuals working to promote human rights, good governance, civic activism, local government reform, community service and free speech in Armenia at the Universal Rights Awards Ceremony on 19 June 2014 in Yerevan...