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Data on hate crime in focus at annual OSCE human rights meeting
The collection and reporting of hate crime data were the focus of a discussion organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 3 October 2012... -
Religious and belief communities need legal recognition, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Religious and belief communities should be granted quick, simple and non-discriminatory access to legal personality, said participants at a meeting on the margins of the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 2 October 2012... -
OSCE and partners call for enhanced co-ordination in combating violence against women
Greater co-operation among international and national organizations is needed to prevent and combat violence against women, said participants at a meeting on the margins of the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 28 September 2012... -
Participants at OSCE human rights conference urge governments to tackle root causes of racism and violence against Roma
Governments must take more decisive steps to counter anti-Roma rhetoric and violence, said participants at the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw on 27 September 2012... -
Confront discrimination to lessen health inequalities for Roma women, urge participants at OSCE human rights conference
OSCE participating States must address issues of discrimination, access to education and adequate housing and reducing poverty to lessen the health inequalities between Roma and non-Roma women, said participants at the annual OSCE human rights conference -
OSCE human rights office presents 2012 death penalty report
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented this year's background paper on the death penalty in the OSCE region on 26 September 2012 at the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw... -
OSCE/ODIHR launches new trial monitoring tools
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched two new tools, designed to build the capacity of legal practitioners to conduct professional trial monitoring, at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting on 26 September... -
Freedom of information enhances government transparency, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting highlighted measures to promote free access to information held by governments, as well as the importance of providing legal protection to individuals who expose wrongdoing within organizations... -
Restrictions on right of association for security personnel should be lifted, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Unnecessary and disproportionate restrictions on the right of association for police and military personnel should be lifted, said participants at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 25 September 2012... -
OSCE/ODIHR launches new human rights education guidelines for law enforcement officials and secondary schools
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new sets of guidelines on human rights education at the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 24 September 2012... -
No security without respect for human rights and democracy, say speakers at OSCE conference
Governments have to respect universal values of democracy and human rights in practice for there to be any stable system of security, speakers said at the opening of this year’s OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw today...
Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2012
Participants at the Opening Plenary Session of the 16th annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting - Europe's largest annual human rights and democracy conference, Warsaw, 24 September 2012. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)
When: 24 September 2012, 10:00 - 5 October 2012, 13:00
Where: Hotel Sofitel Victoria, Warsaw
Organized by: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM), Europe's largest annual human rights and democracy conference, is organized every year by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) as a platform for OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation, civil society, international organizations and OSCE structures to take stock of the implementation of the human dimension commitments, discuss associated challenges, share good practices and make recommendations for further improvements.The rapporteurs' summaries of the HDIM Working Sessions are available here.
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