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OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits United States and Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
WASHINGTON, D.C., 2 August 2013 – A delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Washington, D.C. this week to gather information on proceedings before military commissions involving detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Facility...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro Head condemns violent disruption of pride parade in Budva as threat to freedom of assembly
PODGORICA, 24 July 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Ljubomir Kopaj said today’s attacks on participants of the pride parade in Budva represent a threat to the freedom of peaceful assembly... ()
OSCE meeting opens with call to strengthen rule of law to protect human rights
VIENNA, 11 July 2013 – Governments should take steps to further strengthen the rule of law to better protect human rights, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...
ODIHR meeting examines good practices and challenges in regulating NGO access to foreign funding
The importance of fundraising – and access to sources of foreign funding, in particular – to allowing NGOs to freely conduct their activities was highlighted in a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 11 July 2013...
Civil society, government representatives in Tajikistan review OSCE human dimension commitments
DUSHANBE, 3 July 2013 – Implementation of Tajikistan’s OSCE human rights commitments was the topic of a two-day meeting of government and civil society representatives that concluded today in Dushanbe... ()
Policing of assemblies should be guided by respect for human rights, say participants of OSCE meeting
The importance of policing assemblies in line with human rights standards and OSCE commitments was highlighted at a meeting of more than 30 police officers and civil society representatives from across the OSCE region, in Vienna on 1 and 2 July 2013...
OSCE trains law enforcement officials in Azerbaijan on standards for arrest and pre-trial detention
The OSCE Office in Baku trained 12 law enforcement officials in the newly adopted legislation on the rights and freedoms of individuals kept in detention from 27 to 29 June 2013...
ODIHR expert panel assesses restrictions on peaceful assembly in OSCE States
The authorities of many OSCE participating States still tend to regard assemblies as a threat to public order and safety, rather than the exercise of a fundamental right, an expert panel concluded at the end of a two-day meeting in Warsaw on 27 June 2013...
OSCE report links human trafficking and torture
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on 25 June 2013 launched a ground-breaking research paper that connects human trafficking and torture and other forms of ill-treatment...
ODIHR supports Ukrainian parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights in protecting and promoting women’s rights
Strategies for advancing women’s rights and gender equality in Ukraine were highlighted by experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at a workshop for officials from the office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, in Kyiv on 25 June 2013...