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OSCE Rights Office, Minorities Commissioner call for greater efforts to improve the situation of Roma

Publishing date: 8 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 8 April 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, and Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, called today on governments...

OSCE Office organizes discussions on ODIHR election recommendations

Publishing date: 7 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
BAKU, 8 April 2010- The OSCE Office in Baku is today launching a series of roundtable discussions with political parties and civil society to follow-up the recommendations by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in 2008.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office deeply concerned about unrest in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 7 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
ASTANA, 7 April 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, in a phone conversation with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev today expressed deep concern about the unrest in Kyrgyzstan.

Former pilot municipal units operate successfully despite challenges, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo assessment

Publishing date: 19 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 19 March 2010- The municipalities of Hani i Elezit/Deneral Jankovic, Junik/Junik and Mamusa/Mamushe/Mamusa have so far operated without major difficulties, found an OSCE Mission in Kosovo assessment presented today...

European human rights bodies call for decisive action against racism and xenophobia

Publishing date: 19 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, STRASBOURG, VIENNA, 19 March 2010- In a joint statement ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe's...

OSCE supports reforms, political discourse, Chairperson's Special Envoy says during visit to Sarajevo

Publishing date: 17 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 17 March 2010- The OSCE is committed to the security, stability and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and will continue to promote reforms, Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov...

OSCE Roma adviser welcomes European Court ruling against school segregation

Publishing date: 17 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 17 March 2010- The OSCE's Roma adviser, Andrzej Mirga, today welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against segregation of Roma children in elementary schools...