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OSCE Mission commends success in fighting workplace discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 17 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SARAJEVO, 17 April 2003- Twenty-four employers from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), who have successfully participated in OSCE's Fair Employment Project, are shortly to receive commendation certificates in Mostar, Travnik, Banja...

OSCE-funded study shows Croatian TV free from outside control, weak on minority issues

Publishing date: 16 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 16 April 2003- An OSCE-funded study on the Croatian State broadcaster HRT published in Zagreb today indicates that the station has managed to free itself from outside control, but still does not pay enough attention to issues such as...

OSCE's Skopje mission to co-organize training workshop on human trafficking

Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
SKOPJE, 15 April 2003- A three day training workshop to be held in Ohrid this week will bring together about 40 prosecutors, investigative judges and police inspectors directly involved in assisting victims of human trafficking. The workshop...

OSCE-UNHCHR delegation visits Belgrade detainees

Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 15 April 2003- Human rights experts from the OSCE and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) have visited detainees in Belgrade who have been held since the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran...

OSCE Media Representative focuses on freedom of expression in the digital era

Publishing date: 14 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Human rights, Hate speech, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 14 April 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today published a booklet titled From Quill to Cursor-- Freedom of the Media in the Digital Era. Experts from UNESCO and the Council of Europe as well as...

OSCE Secretary General outlines Organization's response to new threats to security

Publishing date: 11 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Countering terrorism
NEW YORK, 11 April 2003- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis outlined the 55-nation security organization's response to new threats to peace and security at a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on Friday. Addressing a high-level...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo sponsors conference on women in civil dialogue

Publishing date: 11 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 11 April 2003- A conference on the role of women in civic dialogue, sponsored by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF), will be held tomorrow, Saturday, 12 April. The purpose of...