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OSCE human rights conference closes
Publishing date: 27 October 2000
Content type: Press release
WARASAW, 27 October 2000-- Government representatives from OSCE participating States today reaffirmed their commitment to implement human rights standards...
Key Roma organizations reach breakthrough agreement at Warsaw meeting
Publishing date: 24 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 24 October 2000-- Europe\'s leading Roma organizations achieved a breakthrough agreement on a common approach towards the highly controversial issue of Roma migration from Central and Eastern Europe...
Largest all-European human rights conference opens
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
WARSAW, 17 October 2000- Government representatives from 54 OSCE participating States, human rights experts, and more than 150 international and non-governmental organizations gathered today in Warsaw...
OSCE to address controversial issue of Roma refugees and asylum seekers
Publishing date: 11 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Migration, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 11 October 2000- Every year, thousands of Roma, also known as Gypsies, from East Central and South Eastern Europe leave their homes and seek asylum, mostly in countries of Western Europe and North America...
Human rights report: Kosovo minorities sidelined from society
Publishing date: 9 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
PRISTINA, 9 June 2000-- Lack of security and restricted freedom of movement prevent Kosovo minorities from accessing public services...
Report: Discrimination and exclusion are fundamental features of the Roma experience
Publishing date: 7 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Roma and Sinti
HAGUE, 7 April 2000- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel, today issued a "Report on the Situation of Roma and...
Celebration of International Roma day
Publishing date: 7 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
PRISTINA, 7 April 2000-- A Roma band from Norway will be the highlight of the celebration of the International Roma day in Prizren, Saturday 8 April. OSCE in co-operation with the Prizren-based NGO...