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Immigration detention is never in the best interest of children and must end, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 16 December 2022
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Migration
WARSAW, 16 December 2022 – Immigration detention is never in the best interest of children and we need to increase efforts to end it entirely, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said ahead of this year’s International Migrants Day.
OSCE Mission to BiH Head Aggeler visits Doboj, Banja Luka and Donja Gradina
Publishing date: 15 December 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Elections, Good governance
BANJA LUKA, 15 December 2022 – Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, completed his visit to Doboj, Banja Luka and Donja Gradina today.
OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winner of 2022 Person of the Year Award
Publishing date: 9 December 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 9 December 2022- At a ceremony held today in Belgrade, the OSCE Mission to Serbia presented its 2022 Person of the Year Award to Ms. Miljana Pejić, Secretary General of the National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS).
OSCE seminar raises awareness about hate crimes in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2022
Content type: News
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE approach to responding to hate crimes was presented at an OSCE-organized introductory online seminar that took place on 9 December 2022. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the event in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), to raise the
Human Rights Day is a reminder of the safeguards on which a secure and peaceful future depends, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 9 December 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 9 December 2022 – Tomorrow’s Human Rights Day reminds us of the universality embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the entire international human rights framework, but also of the efforts still needed to achieve its guarantees in both word and spirit, said the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
OSCE Mission to Montenegro underscores importance of swift appointment of judges to Constitutional Court
Publishing date: 8 December 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
PODGORICA, 8 December 2022- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Dominique Waag, emphasised the importance of quickly appointing judges to the Constitutional Court today.
Young journalists discus reporting on intercultural regional affairs, the focus of a three-day workshop in Montenegro
Publishing date: 8 December 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development, Youth
The role of the media in the regional reconciliation process is the focus of a three-day training course that started on 7 December in Budva, organized by the Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Local Branch Office with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro.