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OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits United States and Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
WASHINGTON, D.C., 2 August 2013 – A delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Washington, D.C. this week to gather information on proceedings before military commissions involving detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Facility...
OSCE/ODIHR report on Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections recommends measures to strengthen public confidence in electoral process and improve media coverage
The early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria on 12 May 2013 were held in a competitive environment, but further efforts are needed to strengthen public confidence in the process and ensure balanced media coverage, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights concludes in its final report on the vote...
ODIHR Director presents recommendations on 2012 US elections to state and civil society representatives
Recommendations from the final report on last year’s general elections in the United States were presented by a team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Carter Center in Atlanta and the summer conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State in Anchorage between 17 and 19 July 2013...
OSCE human rights chief calls on Czech authorities to address segregation and social exclusion to help prevent anti-Roma incidents
WARSAW, 18 July 2013 ─ Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed concern today over recent extremist demonstrations and attempted attacks on Roma residents in České Budějovice and Duchcov in the Czech Republic...
Measures to promote transparency, public participation in lawmaking in focus at ODIHR-supported workshop in Tbilisi
Measures to increase transparency and public participation in the lawmaking process were the focus of a workshop organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Parliament of Georgia in Tbilisi on 16 July 2013...
ODIHR highlights value of professional and ethical standards for parliamentarians at Georgia conference
The importance of a credible code of conduct for parliamentarians as a tool for building trust in democracy was highlighted by Georgian members of parliament and civil society at a conference organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Parliament of Georgia in Tbilisi on 15 July 2013...
OSCE meeting opens with call to strengthen rule of law to protect human rights
VIENNA, 11 July 2013 – Governments should take steps to further strengthen the rule of law to better protect human rights, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...
ODIHR meeting examines good practices and challenges in regulating NGO access to foreign funding
The importance of fundraising – and access to sources of foreign funding, in particular – to allowing NGOs to freely conduct their activities was highlighted in a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 11 July 2013...
Improving transparency and democratic functioning of political parties focus of ODIHR seminar
Strategies to improve the internal democratic functioning of political parties were highlighted at an expert seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 10 and 11 July 2013...
Rule of law in promoting and protecting human rights focus of OSCE meeting in Vienna
VIENNA, 10 July 2013 – Representatives from the 57 OSCE participating States, civil society and international organizations will meet in Vienna tomorrow for a two-day conference on the rule of law as a cornerstone of human rights protection...