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OSCE human rights chief urges Ukraine to safeguard previous achievements in holding democratic elections
Publishing date: 18 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 18 November 2010- During a visit to Kyiv today, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on the Ukrainian authorities to safeguard and consolidate the improvements...
National contact points on combating hate crime meet in Warsaw
Publishing date: 16 November 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
ODIHR's third annual meeting for its network of national contact points on combating hate crime got under way in Warsaw on 16 November, International Day of Tolerance.
OSCE organizes meeting to strengthen co-operation between civil society and governments in Central Asia
Publishing date: 16 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
ALMATY, 16 November 2010- Government officials, parliamentarians, Ombudspersons and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan started a meeting in Almaty today to find ways to improve...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission to monitor presidential election in Belarus
Publishing date: 15 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
MINSK, 15 November 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 19 December presidential election in Belarus...
ICTY delivers transcripts in local languages to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia under OSCE/ODIHR-led War Crimes Justice Project
Publishing date: 12 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
THE HAGUE, 12 November 2010- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will deliver a first set of trial transcripts produced in local languages to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina today as part of an OSCE...
Fair trial standards in case of prominent human rights defender in Kyrgyzstan crucial, ODIHR director says
Publishing date: 11 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 11 November 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today encouraged Kyrgyzstan's authorities to ensure full compliance with fair trial standards...
Education officials stress need to combat anti-Semitism in schools at OSCE/ODIHR meeting
Publishing date: 8 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 8 November 2010- Schools across the OSCE region must step up efforts to combat anti-Semitism through education, said participants in an OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) meeting for education ministry...