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Amendments to Bulgaria's criminal code can curb media freedom, warns OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 21 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Hate speech, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 21 April 2011– Amendments to Bulgaria's criminal code can threaten media freedom, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today...

OSCE in Tajikistan supports training for prosecutors on torture prevention

Publishing date: 18 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 18 April 2011- A five-day training course on torture prevention for 29 prosecutors co-organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, the Prosecutors Training Institute and the Human Rights Center started today in Dushanbe...

National human rights institutions need clear mandate, resources and independence, speakers at OSCE meeting say

Publishing date: 14 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 14 April 2011 – National human rights institutions need a clear mandate, sufficient resources and genuine independence from governments to be able to play their role effectively, participants said today at the opening of a special OSCE meeting on the topic in Vienna...

ODIHR publishes updated compilation of OSCE human dimension commitments

Publishing date: 14 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
ODIHR has published the third edition of OSCE Human Dimension Commitments, a compilation of commitments the OSCE participating States have agreed to honour in the fields of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

OSCE Presence in Albania, Anti-discrimination Commissioner discuss ways to reduce discrimination in school

Publishing date: 11 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Youth, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination organized a meeting on 11 April 2011 to discuss how to reduce discrimination in school...

OSCE Centre launches private-public mediation network in southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 9 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 9 April 2011- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek officially launched today a public-private network of mediators in southern Kyrgyzstan...

OSCE Presence, United Kingdom urge for increased support to people with disabilities in Albania

Publishing date: 7 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
TIRANA, 7 April 2011 – Promoting the rights of disabled people by strengthening the capacities of the Albanian National Council of People with Disabilities (ANCPD) and relevant civil society organizations was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today in Tirana by the OSCE Presence and the British Council Albania...