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Better child protection can prevent trafficking, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 6 October concluded that improving local and national child-protection systems can effectively curb the trafficking of children... -
Access to justice for victims of trafficking
“Trafficked persons rarely receive compensation, as they often do not have access to information, legal assistance, regular residence status and other help to seek compensation,” Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons... -
Discrimination and negative discourse against Roma and Sinti must stop, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Governments in OSCE participating States urgently need to tackle persistent discrimination and negative public and political discourse targeting Roma and Sinti. They are unfortunately frequent targets of prejudiced portrayals by politicians... -
OSCE human rights conference examines ways to promote freedom of movement
Freedom of movement was the focus of a special day during the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 29 September, as participants examined ways to help states deliver on their commitments in this area... -
OSCE human rights office presents 2011 death penalty report
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented a report on the death penalty in the OSCE region on 28 September on the margins of the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw... -
Religious communities should be able to register freely and without restriction, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Participants at the OSCE's annual human rights conference in Warsaw urged governments not to use registration procedures to prevent religious communities from exercising their rights to freedom of religion or belief... -
OSCE/ODIHR launches new guides on freedom of assembly and association
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new guides to promote respect for the freedom of assembly and association in the margins of the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw on 27 September... -
Media freedom representative urges governments to keep Internet free, protect journalists against violence
The Internet has fundamentally changed societies for the better and should remain free, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, as she addressed diplomats and representatives of human rights non-governmental organizations... -
North Africa events highlight link between democracy and security, say speakers at opening of OSCE human rights conference
Events in North Africa featured prominently at the opening of this year’s OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw today, with speakers calling the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and other developments in the region a reminder of the importance of...
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