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OSCE Youth Summit opens in Ukraine with focus on diversity, peaceful development, stability
CRIMEA, Ukraine, 20 July 2013 – The OSCE Youth Summit, organized by the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship, started today in the International Children’s Center “Artek” in Crimea, bringing together more than 500 young people from across the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation... ()
OSCE Youth Summit to take place in Ukraine from 20 July to 1 August
KYIV, 18 July 2013 - The OSCE Youth Summit, organized by the OSCE Ukrainian Chairmanship, will take place in Crimea, Ukraine from 20 July to 1 August 2013... ()
Effective teaching strategies needed to counter intolerance, say participants at international meeting on discrimination against Muslims
Education is crucial in countering intolerance and negative stereotyping of Muslims, participants concluded at a meeting in Strasbourg on 5 July 2013 that was attended by more than 30 experts on education and officials from across the OSCE region...
OSCE Acting Head emphasizes importance of inter-faith co-operation in long-term peace building
The Acting Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nina Suomalainen, welcomed participants to the fourth Muslim-Jewish Conference, which opened on 1 July 2013 in Sarajevo...
OSCE/ODIHR renews work of its advisory panel on freedom of religion or belief
The new 12-member Advisory Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met for the first time in Warsaw on 18 June 2013 to map out the Panel’s role in providing assistance to OSCE participating States...
Greater efforts, co-operation needed to ensure security of Jewish communities, say participants at OSCE conference in Berlin
BERLIN, 13 June 2013 – Violent attacks and threats motivated by anti-Semitism affect the day-to-day lives of Jewish communities all across the OSCE region, and these communities are in need of protection from these threats and the harmful impact they have on their religious and cultural activities and on their human rights, said participants at an expert OSCE conference in Berlin today...
Security needs of Jewish communities in OSCE region focus of conference in Berlin
BERLIN, 11 June 2013 – Representatives of governments from some 20 OSCE participating States, civil society and Jewish communities will meet in Berlin on Thursday, 13 June for an expert conference on the security needs of Jewish communities in the OSCE region...
More co-operation between civil society and government needed to better combat hate crimes against the disabled, Oslo seminar participants agree
Greater co-operation between civil society, law enforcement agencies and government institutions is needed to improve responses to hate-motivated crimes against people with disabilities, participants said at a regional seminar co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Oslo on 4 June 2013...
Italian Police and ODIHR sign agreement on hate crime training for police
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Italian authorities signed an agreement on 29 May 2013 for training of Italian law enforcement officers in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains civil society organizations on how to better identify and report hate crimes
Some 30 members of civil society organizations participated in a two-day training event on how to improve reporting on hate crimes, which was organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Veles on 27 May 2013...