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ODIHR calls on political parties in Hungary to promote women as candidates in upcoming local elections
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Good practices and strategies for supporting women candidates running for local office in Hungary were the focus of a seminar in Budapest on 3 October 2014.
OSCE Mission launches workshops for NGOs on monitoring electoral bodies in Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
On 29 and 30 September 2014, in Prishtinë/Priština, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo held the first in a series of five workshops for ten local NGOs on monitoring the performance of election management bodies...
Balancing the need to protect identity and promote integration in education
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Education, National minority issues
How can States, policy-makers and educators find an appropriate balance between protecting identity and promoting integration in schools? This question was the focus of a side event organized by the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting on 29 September 2014...
OSCE supported training on election legislation for administrative and local court judges ahead of Ukraine’s early parliamentary vote
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
More than 450 administrative and local court judges from all over Ukraine were trained to review election-related disputes at a series of seminars held from 17 September to 1 October 2014 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media addresses writers from around the world at 80th PEN Congress
Publishing date: 30 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
In a keynote speech opening the 80th PEN International Congress in Bishkek, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, emphasized free media and free expression as vital instruments for a secure and peaceful world...
OSCE/ODIHR releases new tools to help participating States counter hate crimes
Publishing date: 30 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released two publications to assist OSCE participating States in addressing issues of hate crimes on 30 September 2014, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
Sweden’s good practices in combatting discrimination against Roma, highlighted at OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 30 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
The Swedish government’s efforts to address challenges that Roma in the country face were the focus of an event organized on 30 September 2014 by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Government of Sweden during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.