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OSCE expert urges reform of Ombudsman institution in Croatia

Publishing date: 23 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
ZAGREB, 23 June 2003- A senior OSCE consultant who has analyzed the Ombudsman Institution in Croatia has produced a report in which he recommends advancing the role of the Ombudsman as a key human rights institution in Croatia...

OSCE Mission and Minister for human and minority rights discuss needs for donor support

Publishing date: 23 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 23 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro hosted today a donors meeting during which representatives of the country's Ministry of Human and Minority Rights stressed in particular the need for legal support for minorities...

OSCE conference participants call for action to combat anti-Semitism

Publishing date: 20 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 20 June 2003- The first high-level OSCE conference devoted specially to the issue of anti-Semitism ended today with calls by participants for the Organization and its 55 participating States to reaffirm their commitments made in Copenhagen...

OSCE releases report on property rights in Kosovo

Publishing date: 20 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 20 June 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has released a new report reviewing property rights in the province. The review looks in particular at the current misadministration by government authorities in property matters...

OSCE raises concern about libel and slander provisions in new Armenian Criminal Code

Publishing date: 19 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 19 June 2003- In an open letter sent today to the Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly, the OSCE Office in Yerevan raised concerns about libel and slander provisions in the country's new Criminal Code...

OSCE participating States ready and willing to "take up the gauntlet" and fight anti-Semitism

Publishing date: 19 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 19 June 2003- At its first conference devoted specially to the issue of anti-Semitism, the Head of the OSCE Task Force of the current Netherlands Chairmanship, Daan Everts, declared that the OSCE would assist in promoting a change of mind...

New amendments to accelerate Property law implementation published in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 17 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 17 June 2003- The international agencies involved in the Property Law Implementation Plan (PLIP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the High Representative...