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Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina visits Banja Luka
Publishing date: 22 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, visited Banja Luka today where he held meetings with several local counterparts.
Differences between trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants focus of OSCE-supported training course
Publishing date: 22 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
More than 40 representatives of the BiH Border Police, BiH State Investigation and Protection Agency, Service for Foreigners' Affairs and BiH Prosecutor’s Office attended a three-day, multi-sectoral training course on the differences between trafficking in human beings and the smuggling of migrants, which concluded on 22 March 2023 in Sarajevo. The course was organized by the OSCE Mission to BiH, in co-ordination with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Mission organized a “Breakfast with the NGOs” to mark the International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2023
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Killian Wahl, invited the Gender Equality Platform and women’s rights activists to hear first-hand about their initiatives, activities, challenges and advocacy efforts. The event helped us to identify
OSCE training in Tashkent on integrating the issue of sexual and gender-based violence into the monitoring of places of detention
Publishing date: 3 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
The integration of the issue of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) into the monitoring of places of detention was the focus of a three-day training course organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 1 to 3 March in Tashkent.
Latest conviction of human rights defenders in Belarus criminalizes their work and is contrary to international standards: OSCE human rights office
Publishing date: 3 March 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 3 March 2023 – Following today’s conviction of four Belarusian human rights defenders, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) voices deep concern over the targeting of human rights defenders and the criminalizing of their work.
OSCE and Ombudsperson of Uzbekistan co-host International Human Rights Conference in Samarkand
Publishing date: 24 February 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis (National Parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsperson), as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan, co-hosted the International Conference titled “Interaction and Cooperation in the Field of Reliable Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms.” The event took place on 23 February 2023 in Samarkand.
Legal Framework in the Process of Determining the Time and Place of Birth of Children Born in the Conflict Zone
Publishing date: 15 February 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized the event “Legal Framework in the Process of Determining the Time and Place of Birth of Children Born in the Conflict Zone”, which took place today in Sarajevo.