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Tolerance and non-discrimination

The OSCE actively supports its 56 participating States in combating all forms of racism, xenophobia, and discrimination, including anti-Semitism, and discrimination against Christians and Muslims.

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, opening the first OSCE Permanent Council meeting of the 2012 Irish Chairmanship, Vienna, 12 January 2012.

Fight against hate and intolerance must continue says OSCE Chairperson on Holocaust Remembrance Day

JERUSALEM, 27 January 2012 – Speaking on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, who is currently on a visit to the Middle East, emphasized the need to continue to fight hate and intolerance...

OSCE Mission to BiH concerned by manifestations of intolerance

SARAJEVO, 16 November 2011 – Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Andrea Cellino, marking the International Day for Tolerance, highlighted today the continuing need to promote tolerance and non-discrimination in all spheres of life in the country...
"Hate Crimes in the OSCE Region – Incidents and Responses: Annual Report for 2010" notes the global economic crisis and intolerant discourse as factors contributing to the occurrence of hate crimes.

Hate crimes remain serious problem across OSCE region, ODIHR report says

WARSAW, 16 November 2011 – Hate crimes continue to be a serious problem across the OSCE region, concludes a report released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today, on the International Day for Tolerance...
Rina Toprlak (r), a deaf person employed by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for three days, as part of an initiative to demonstrate the skills of people with disabilities to potential employers, discusses her tasks with Zana Preniqi, her interpreter, Prishtinë/Priština, 21 October 2011.

OSCE Mission promotes employment of people with disabilities

Aferdita Gashi, a mother of two, quietly finishes her third and last day of work at the Department of Education in Lipjan/Lipljan municipality, central Kosovo. She is one of 80 people with disabilities who joined an initiative of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and the Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, to demonstrate their skills to potential employers from 17 to 19 October 2011...
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