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Judges from ICTY, Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss handling war crimes cases under OSCE/ODIHR-led project
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SARAJEVO, 10 December 2010- Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today discussed experiences in adjudicating war crimes cases with peers from Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the regional War Crimes Justice Project led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Ahead of Human Rights Day, OSCE human rights chief, UN Special Rapporteur call for removing undue restrictions on religious freedom
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 9 December 2010- Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, today called on states to remove undue restrictions on the fundamental freedom of religion or belief...
ODIHR provides training on freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
On 8 December, staff from ODIHR and members of ODIHR’s Advisory Council on Freedom of Religion or Belief provided a one-day training session in Vienna for 23 participants from non-governmental organizations and religious or belief communities from all parts of the OSCE region.
Need for more transparency and pluralism stressed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting on electoral reform in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE, 8 December 2010- Participants in a meeting on electoral reform organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Office in Tajikistan today stressed the importance of increasing transparency and pluralism in Tajikistan...
OSCE meeting to discuss emerging challenges related to freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 7 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VIENNA, 7 December 2010- Representatives from the 56 OSCE participating States, civil society and international organizations will gather in Vienna on Thursday to discuss how to promote freedom of religion or belief and how to respond to emerging challenges...
OSCE/ODIHR holds meeting to foster dialogue on elections and political participation
Publishing date: 5 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE, 6 December 2010- Officials from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will discuss the findings and conclusions included in the Office's final report on Tajikistan's 2010 parliamentary elections with representatives of the authorities in Dushanbe this week...
ODIHR delivers training courses on countering terrorism, protecting human rights
Publishing date: 3 December 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism