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OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting discusses enhancing policing activities, calls for better co-ordination

Publishing date: 21 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 21 May 2010- Policing experts from the OSCE region discussed enhancing police-related activities and co-operating with international organizations to address transnational threats at the Annual Police Experts Meeting which ends in Vienna today...

OSCE meeting on gender equality begins with calls for more action on increasing women's participation in public life

Publishing date: 6 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 6 May 2010- A special OSCE meeting on gender equality got underway today with participants calling for increased action by participating States to promote the participation of women in political and public life...

OSCE and Organization of the Islamic Conference need to work together to battle Islamophobia, says OIC leader

Publishing date: 6 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 6 May 2010- Co-ordinated efforts are needed to battle the rise of Islamophobia, intolerance and discrimination against Muslims, the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, told the OSCE...

Statement by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities following visit to Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 30 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 30 April 2010- The following statement was released today by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, at the end of his visit to Kyrgyzstan: "The aim of my visit to Kyrgyzstan was to look into reports about a spate...

OSCE Office supports study on religious tolerance in Armenia

Publishing date: 14 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 14 April 2010- An OSCE-supported study on religious tolerance in Armenia was presented at a discussion forum in Yerevan today...

European human rights bodies call for decisive action against racism and xenophobia

Publishing date: 19 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, STRASBOURG, VIENNA, 19 March 2010- In a joint statement ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe's...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports confidence building between police and Roma population

Publishing date: 18 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 18 March 2010- The OSCE-supported project to improve relations between Roma community and the police was launched today in Vinica municipality in the east of the country.