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OSCE Mission supports development of community policing in Serbia
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
Sixty community policing officers from 27 regional police directorates from Serbia completed an OSCE-supported two-day training course on action planning in Vrnjacka Banja on 25 May 2012...
ODIHR expert team examines education for Roma children in Czech Republic
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
A team of experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited the Czech Republic from 21 to 25 May 2012 to assess educational opportunities for Roma children in the country...
OSCE Presence provides new media working room in Albanian Assembly
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
A new media room and renovated premises for the legal affairs committee were inaugurated in the Albanian Assembly on 23 May 2012 as part of a project implemented jointly by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Assembly, co-funded by the OSCE Presence, the German Embassy, and the Assembly...
ODIHR co-organizes workshop on combating hate crimes against disabled people
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Combating hate-motivated crimes against people with disabilities by improving the monitoring and reporting of such incidents was the focus of a workshop in Dublin on 24 May 2012, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Network of Independent Living (ENIL)...
Internet freedom must be priority for policymakers, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
WASHINGTON DC, 24 May 2012 – Keeping the Internet free should be high on the agenda of international and human rights policy, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom Media Dunja Mijatović today at a conference organized by Google at the Newseum in Washington DC...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar on juvenile justice for regional prosecutors in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 May 2012
ASTANA, 24 May 2012 – A two-day OSCE-supported training course for Kazakhstani prosecutors on protecting the rights of children in conflict with the law, child victims and witnesses of crimes within the juvenile justice system began today in Astana...
Cyber security discussed at OSCE-supported workshop in Yerevan
Publishing date: 24 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism