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OSCE Office in Yerevan helps strengthen Ombudsman institution as National Preventive Mechanism

Publishing date: 27 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
YEREVAN, 27 May 2010- Representatives of Armenia's Human Rights Defender's Office today concluded a three-day study visit to Slovenia organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan to strengthen the institution's capacity to prevent torture and ill-treatment...

OSCE media freedom representative calls for improved access to information at conference in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Human rights, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 26 May 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, called for more transparency and easier access to government-held information in a speech delivered at the 12th OSCE Central Asia Media Conference...

OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess parliamentary elections in the Netherlands

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 26 May 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the early parliamentary elections to be held in the Netherlands on 9 June...

OSCE National Minorities Commissioner discusses Hungarian citizenship law with Slovak Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law
THE HAGUE, 26 May 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, made the following statement after a meeting yesterday in The Hague with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak on the proposed amendments to the Law on...

OSCE/ODIHR gathers experts in Berlin to evaluate education programme to combat anti-Semitism

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERLIN, 26 May 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) gathered experts from 12 countries in Berlin today to exchange experiences on implementing an education programme on combating anti-Semitism that...

OSCE assists in strengthening role of Azerbaijan's Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) to prevent torture

Publishing date: 24 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 24 May 2010- A series of events to strengthen the role of Azerbaijan's Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) in the prevention of torture and ill treatment began today with a conference organized by the OSCE Office in Baku...

Witnesses in war crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina still facing threats and intimidation, finds OSCE report

Publishing date: 24 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 24 May 2010- Urgent steps need to be taken to protect witnesses in war crimes trials from harassment and violence, found a report by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) released in Sarajevo today...