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No security without respect for human rights and democracy, say speakers at OSCE conference
WARSAW, 24 September 2012 – Governments have to respect universal values of democracy and human rights in practice for there to be any stable system of security, speakers said at the opening of this year’s OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw today... ()
Annual OSCE human rights conference opens in Warsaw on Monday
WARSAW, 21 September 2012 – Some 1,000 government representatives and civil society activists from the OSCE’s 56 participating States will gather in Warsaw for a two-week conference beginning 24 September to review progress in implementing the commitments adopted by governments in the field of human rights and democracy... ()
OSCE Centre holds seminar on health-related rights of prisoners in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, 21 September 2012 – Representatives of penitentiary institutions from across Turkmenistan participated in an OSCE-supported course on health-related rights of prisoners in Ashgabat today... ()
OSCE Office promotes shadow reporting to protect human rights in Azerbaijan
BAKU, 14 September 2012 - Some 25 civil society activists are learning about using alternative and shadow reports in advocacy and co-operation with international human rights institutions at a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that started today. The OSCE is co-sponsoring the event with the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and Counterpart International supported by USAID... ()
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on countering discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 14 August 2012 – Some 40 representatives of state agencies and non-governmental organizations gathered at a roundtable meeting today to discuss the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Kazakhstan on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination... ()
OSCE helps mainstream human rights into training for police officers in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 8 August 2012 - A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar for police officers promoting awareness of the international human rights standards and role of the police in ensuring and protecting human rights opened in Tashkent today...
OSCE Chairperson strongly regrets Belarus travel ban on civil society activist
DUBLIN, 12 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, expressed his strong regret about the Belarusian authorities’ decision to prevent a Belarusian civil society activist from travelling to an OSCE meeting in Vienna today...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds preparatory meeting ahead of major human rights conference
DUSHANBE, 3 July 2012 - The sixth annual OSCE Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting for government and civil society representatives to discuss human rights issues concluded in Dushanbe today... ()