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OSCE media freedom representative promotes journalists’ safety in run-up to Vilnius Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 4 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has released a brochure/leaflet raising awareness on issues of journalists’ safety in advance of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Vilnius on 6 and 7 December 2011.
OSCE civil society conference on challenges facing Mediterranean democracies in transition
Publishing date: 4 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VILNIUS, 4 December 2011 – Encouraging international co-operation between civil society groups from OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa was highlighted at the start of a two-day conference in Vilnius today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo hosts annual judicial conference
Publishing date: 3 December 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 3 December 2011 – More than 250 judges are meeting today at the annual judicial conference to review the challenges the supreme and district courts face in administering justice and to advance strategies to overcome them. The conference is organized by the OSCE Mission, in co-operation with the Kosovo Judicial Council, the Supreme Court and Kosovo Judicial Institute.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns desecration of Jewish cemetery
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 2 December 2011- Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward P. Joseph, condemned today the recent desecration of the Jewish Cemetery in Prishtinë/Priština, calling on law enforcement to investigate, and the municipality to repair the damage...
OSCE Mission to Moldova and ODIHR promote women’s inclusion in the security sector
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Gender equality
CHIŞINĂU, 8 December 2011 – Gender equality and non-discrimination in security sector policies are the focus of a two-day training event held by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), that started today in Chişinău...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator assists development of remedy standards in human rights violation cases in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
A conference on state responsibilities and compensation standards in cases of human rights violations and mass torts was held in Kyiv on 2 December 2011, with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps promote media self-regulation
Publishing date: 2 December 2011