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OSCE Mission head welcomes appointments of Citizens' Protector deputies in Serbia
Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 7 October 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the National Assembly's appointment of four Citizen Protectors' deputies...
Major gaps still divide Roma from mainstream populations across Europe, says OSCE report
Publishing date: 2 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 2 October 2008- Roma and Sinti populations continue to face discrimination and remain divided from mainstream society across Europe, says an OSCE report launched on the margins of the Organization's annual human rights conference in Warsaw...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports school enrollment as part of the Gazela settlement relocation plan
Publishing date: 1 October 2008
BELGRADE, 1 October 2008- Sixty five ethnic Roma pupils from the Gazela settlement, recently enrolled for primary school, received backpacks, textbooks, and winter clothes at an event organized by the OSCE Mission and Belgrade city authorities today...
OSCE Mission supports relocation of Gazela Roma settlement
Publishing date: 1 September 2008
BELGRADE, 1 September 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia said today he supported the efforts of the authorities of the City of Belgrade to identify alternative accommodation for families of the Roma settlement under the Gazela bridge...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports Roma pre-school education
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
BELGRADE, 31 July 2008- Eighty-one Roma children from Belgrade's Gazela settlement graduated today from a four-month pre-school course supported by the OSCE Mission...
OSCE experts in Italy to assess situation of Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 21 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti
MILAN, 21 July 2008- A delegation of OSCE experts arrived in Italy today to assess the human rights situation of the Roma and Sinti population in the country...
More action is needed to end discrimination against Europe's Roma, states are told at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 10 July 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 10 July 2008- An OSCE meeting on improving the integration of Roma and Sinti opened today in Vienna with calls to participating States to step up their efforts to end widespread discrimination.