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OSCE hate crime report finds continued pattern of violent attacks on minorities

Publishing date: 6 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 6 October 2008- Members of visibly identifiable groups who stand out because of their religion, ethnicity or other perceived characteristics remain the target of often brutal physical attacks, says a report on hate crimes in the OSCE region...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports intercultural tolerance among youth

Publishing date: 18 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 18 September 2008- Young people learned about multiculturalism and how to promote intercultural dialogue and tolerance during an OSCE-supported course that ended in Ohrid today...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training course for new police inspectors

Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 15 September 2008-A three-week training course on community policing organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje started today in the southern village of Krani...

Human rights challenges in Tajikistan focus of meeting organized by OSCE Office

Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
DUSHANBE, 12 September 2008- Free and fair elections, violence against women, prevention of torture, access to prisons and forced labour were topics discussed at a two-day meeting organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan that concluded today...

UNMIK downsizing gives OSCE opportunity for larger role in Kosovo, UNMIK head says

Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 4 September 2008- The reconfiguration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) offers the OSCE an opportunity to make an even more concrete impact in Kosovo, UNMIK head Lamberto Zannier told the OSCE Permanent...

ODIHR, Bosnia and Herzegovina sign agreement on combating hate crime

Publishing date: 1 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
SARAJEVO, 1 September 2008- The OSCE's human-rights body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, signed a memorandum of agreement today with Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ministry of Security...

OSCE Office organizes summer camp for Armenian children

Publishing date: 27 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
KAPAN, Armenia, 27 August 2008- Some 80 disabled and socially disadvantaged children from Armenia's Syunik province are taking part in a summer camp on "Learning to Live Together" in Kapan, the provincial capital...