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OSCE Office in Yerevan and OSCE human rights body trains staff of Armenia's Human Rights Defender
Publishing date: 13 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
YEREVAN, 13 November 2007- An OSCE- supported training course for the office of Armenia's Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) began today in Yerevan...
ODIHR launches project on monitoring freedom of assembly in Moldova
Publishing date: 19 October 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
CHISINAU, 19 October 2007- A five-day training course for human rights defenders, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ended in Chisinau today...
OSCE conference to focus on helping governments combat sexual exploitation of children
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 16 October 2007- Prevention, protection of victims and co-ordination of efforts to tackle commercial sexual exploitation of children is the focus of a two-day OSCE conference that starts Thursday in Vienna...
Warsaw conference calls on OSCE countries to uphold human rights principles
Publishing date: 25 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 25 September 2007- OSCE countries should embrace open dialogue to identify the human rights shortcomings and challenges facing the region, said the head of OSCE's human rights watchdog at the start of Europe's largest human rights conference...
OSCE human rights body concerned about continued rise of hate crime
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 20 September 2007- Crimes motivated by hate are on the rise in many OSCE participating States, and such incidents are becoming more violent, according to a new report on hate crimes and violent manifestations of intolerance in 2006, released...
Supporting victims key factor in fight against terrorism, speakers at OSCE meeting say
Publishing date: 13 September 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
VIENNA, 13 September 2007- The role of civilian networks, including those of victims, is key factor in the fight against terrorism, a high-level representative of the Spanish OSCE Chairmanship said at an OSCE conference on solidarity with victims...
Top OSCE official calls crackdown on human rights defenders 'dangerous development'
Publishing date: 13 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 13 July 2007- OSCE participating States should work to ensure that crack-downs legitimate human rights concerns come to an end, participants agreed at an OSCE conference concluded today...