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OSCE organizes expert meeting on preventing the terrorist radicalization of women

Publishing date: 12 December 2011
Collections: Past Activities Related to Human Rights and Anti-terrorism
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Gender equality
VIENNA, 12 December 2011 – The dynamics behind the terrorist radicalization of women and ways to prevent it from happening was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE today for experts from academia, civil society, the media and OSCE participating States...

Promise of Astana Summit remains unfulfilled in OSCE area, ODIHR director says ahead of Human Rights Day

Publishing date: 9 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 9 December 2011 – One year after the OSCE participating States promised to step up their efforts to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, tangible progress remains elusive, said Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of ODIHR, ahead of international Human Rights Day...

Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for full respect of human and community rights

Publishing date: 9 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 December 2011 – Ambassador Werner Almhofer, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement today ahead of International Human Rights Day on 10 December:

OSCE Office supports Croatia, Tajikistan exchange on police reform and family violence

Publishing date: 9 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the interior ministries of Tajkistan and Croatia supported an initiative to share expertise and experience on police reform and response to domestic violence with community policing experts, civil society organizations and community crisis centres...

OSCE media representative urges Russian authorities not to harass journalists covering protests

Publishing date: 9 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 9 December 2011-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, urged today Russian authorities to protect journalists reporting from the scene of street protests from detention and police harassment...

Vilnius Ministerial Council concludes with decisions to strengthen responses to conflicts and transnational threats, engagement with Afghanistan and other Partner countries

Publishing date: 7 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, highlighted the progress achieved at the Vilnius Ministerial Council and urged the 56 OSCE participating States to build on the decisions taken and address the challenges raised at the meeting, which concluded today...

OSCE promotes environmental education in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea area

Publishing date: 6 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 6 December – A three-day workshop on education for sustainable development organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, the Central Asia Regional Environmental Centre (CAREC) and the recently established Aktau Aarhus Centre began in Aktau today...