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OSCE/ODIHR Director voices concern over arrest of and charges against head of Memorial Human Rights Centre in Chechnya
Publishing date: 10 January 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 10 January 2018- Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today voiced serious concerns regarding the arrest and detention of Oyub Titiev, Director of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in Chechnya, in the North Caucasus republic of the Russian Federation, yesterday...
OSCE/ODIHR trains correctional officers on preventing sexual and gender-based violence in prison
Publishing date: 19 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
A pilot training course on preventing and addressing sexual and gender-based violence in prison was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), bringing together 14 correctional officers from eight OSCE participating States on 18 and 19 December 2017 in
On International Migrants Day, ODIHR Director calls for increased action to promote long-term, human rights-based inclusion and integration of migrants
Publishing date: 18 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Migration, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 18 December 2018 – On the occasion of International Migrants Day, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today called for greater action to promote long-term integration efforts while protecting and promoting the human rights of all migrants.
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports annual Youth Legal Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Education, Youth, Rule of law
The annual OSCE-supported International Youth Legal Forum, which is held in recognition of the Human Rights Day and was dedicated to mechanisms of human rights protection this year, concluded on 14 December 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
High-level expert meeting in Warsaw focuses on updating handbook for protecting rights of trafficked persons
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
Updating a handbook created to assist OSCE participating States in establishing sustainable mechanisms and structures to counter human trafficking was the focus of a high-level international expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw
OSCE organizes study visit to Serbia for Tajik state officials
Publishing date: 13 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Good governance
A study visit for high level Tajik state officials to Belgrade was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia from 6 to 10 December 2017. A group of ten representatives from various state institutions such as the national parliament, the Presidential Office, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Committee on Women and Family Affairs and several ministries took part in the visit.
OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winners of its 2017 Person of the Year Award
Publishing date: 12 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 12 December 2017 – At a ceremony today in Belgrade, the OSCE Mission to Serbia presented its Person of the Year Awards to: Dženeta Agović, Director of the Impuls civil society organization from Tutin; Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality; Tamara Mirović, Deputy Republic Public Prosecutor; Nedim Sejdinović, President of the Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina; and Miloš Stojković, media lawyer...