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Trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, international report says

Publishing date: 10 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 December 2003- Failure to protect the human rights of trafficking victims is a key obstacle to progress in the fight against trafficking and organised crime in south-eastern Europe, according to a joint report of the OSCE, the UN and...

OSCE human rights chief warns against use of "war on terrorism" to justify repression

Publishing date: 10 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
LONDON/WARSAW, 10 December 2003- On International Human Rights Day, the OSCE human rights chief, Ambassador Christian Strohal, has warned that the "war on terrorism" was being used in some countries as an excuse to suppress legitimate...

Human rights should be priority for new government, OSCE Croatia mission head says

Publishing date: 9 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights
ZAGREB, 9 December 2003- "The respect and promotion of international and European human rights standards is a goal the new Croatian Government will be expected to embrace," said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Peter Semneby, today. In a...

OSCE Belgrade Mission Head calls for a Human Rights culture

Publishing date: 9 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 9 December 2003- South-eastern European states should live up to the human rights norms to which they are committed to, according to the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari. In an article to...

OSCE Centre holds Dushanbe conference on preventing use of violence during investigation and pre-trial detention

Publishing date: 5 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Policing
DUSHANBE, 5 December 2003- A two-day national conference in Tajikistan on preventing the use of violence during investigation and pre-trial detention, organized by the OSCE Centre, has just concluded with a set of recommendations and proposals...

Afghan Foreign Minister seeks OSCE support

Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah thanked the OSCE on Thursday for granting his country the status of Partner for Co-operation and asked for the Organization's support as Afghanistan seeks to build security and...

OSCE media freedom representative asks for release of Azeri journalist from prison

Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- A leading European media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has requested Azeri authorities to release a journalist from prison. In a letter he sent to Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev...