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Enlarged Europe needs protection for minorities, says OSCE Commissioner

Publishing date: 5 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 5 November 2002- "The European Union cannot ignore minority-related issues on its own turf", Rolf Ekeus, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, told a conference on national minorities in the enlarged...

UN Human Rights Commissioner stresses link between human rights and security

Publishing date: 19 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Permanent Council, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 19 July 2002- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, said on Friday that the fight against terrorism must be fought in full conformity with international human rights standards...

Statement on adoption of amendments to Latvian election laws

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 10 May 2002- The following statement was issued by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekéus, today: "I welcome the adoption today by the Saeima (Latvian Parliament) of bill...

OSCE minorities commissioner supports amendments to election laws in Latvia

Publishing date: 11 April 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Elections
THE HAGUE, 11 April 2002- The following statement was issued by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, today:

High Commissioner on National Minorities on Moldova: "Resolving Ethnic Issues not a Zero Sum Game"

Publishing date: 10 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
CHISINAU, 10 April 2002- During his three day visit to the Republic of Moldova, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, stressed to interlocutors from across the political and ethnic spectrum that "resolving ethnic issues...

OSCE High Commissioner praises adoption of "minority law" in Yugoslavia

Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 28 February- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Rolf Ekeus today praised the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for adopting the Law on the Protection of National Minorities. In a letter to the Minister of...

Statement on adoption of bill 880 SE I by the Estonian Parliament

Publishing date: 22 November 2001
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 22 November 2001- The following statement was issued by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekéus, today: