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OSCE human rights conference examines ways to promote freedom of movement

Publishing date: 30 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Freedom of movement was the focus of a special day during the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 29 September, as participants examined ways to help states deliver on their commitments in this area...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training on security of public gatherings

Publishing date: 30 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
SKOPJE, 30 September 2011- An OSCE-supported specialized training session for police officers on handling armed offenders in a crowd concluded in Skopje today...

OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement

Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
WARSAW, 29 September 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today...

Violent anti-Roma protests in Bulgaria show urgent need to combat extremism, OSCE human rights chief says

Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 29 September 2011 – Violent anti-Roma protests that have taken place across Bulgaria over the past days underline the urgency of combating racially-motivated extremism and making progress with the integration of Europe’s Roma populations, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes working visit to Spain on penitentiary system

Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization
ASHGABAT, 29 September 2011 – Representatives from Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Presidential Administration discussed various aspects related to prison management during a working visit to Spain that concluded in Madrid today...

OSCE human rights chief expresses concern over restrictions in Kazakhstan’s new religion law

Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 29 September 2011- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, expressed concern about the passage of restrictive religion legislation by Kazakhstan’s senate earlier today and called for a review of the law before it is signed into force...

Safety of journalists remains top priority, OSCE media freedom representative tells Russian journalists

Publishing date: 29 September 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
SOCHI, Russia, 29 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today that urging governments to ensure the safety of journalists, which is threatened by a climate of impunity, will continue to be her top priority...