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OSCE/ODIHR hosts meeting with civil society and state institutions on situation of human rights defenders in Hungary
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The protection of human rights defenders in Hungary and their work were the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Budapest on 27 and 28 November 2014. The event marked the 20th anniversary of the Budapest Document, “Towards a Genuine Partnership in a New Era”, in which OSCE participating States specifically emphasized the need to protect human rights defenders.
OSCE Mission to Serbia promotes regional co-operation among law enforcement officials
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
A workshop for police professionals from Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro on using operational analysis as a tool for successfully disrupting organized criminal groups, took place in Belgrade on 25 November...
OSCE Mission to Skopje hosted regional conference on police reform within criminal justice framework
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Interior Ministry hosted a regional conference in Skopje from 27 to 28 November 2014, raising awareness among relevant actors from Criminal Justice System on the need for holistic police reform...
Trial-monitoring professionals exchange methodologies at OSCE/ODIHR annual meeting
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
More than fifty representatives from 30 non-governmental organizations and eight OSCE field operations exchanged experiences in applying trial-monitoring methodologies at the Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) between 26 and 28 November 2014 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
OSCE Centre supports prevention of violent extremism in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism, Tolerance and non-discrimination
A two-day seminar for some 50 prison officers on preventing violent extremism and radicalization in prisons took place at the Penitentiary Administration Training Centre in Bishkek on 25-26 November 2014...
Deteriorating journalist’s safety and rise of propaganda threats to free media, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
The deteriorating situation for journalists’ safety and the growing phenomenon of propaganda pose serious threats to free media, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today when presenting her latest semi-annual report on media freedom developments in the OSCE region over the past six months...
OSCE promotes tolerance among young people from different communities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
In an effort to strengthen inter-ethnic and inter-religious tolerance and understanding, from 5 to 27 November 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized three study visits to cultural and religious sites for high school students from Dragash/Dragaš and Prizren municipalities...