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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 Mission to Skopje supports confidence building between police and Roma population

Publishing date: 18 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 18 March 2010- The OSCE-supported project to improve relations between Roma community and the police was launched today in Vinica municipality in the east of the country.

OSCE holds lecture series on human rights in criminal justice at Turkmenistan State University

Publishing date: 17 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 17 March 2010- Thirty-five students of the faculty of Law and International Relations at the Magtymguly Turkmen State University are learning about administration of criminal justice in a series of lectures which ends on Friday...

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...

OSCE Chairperson's Special Envoy welcomes Montenegro's determination to continue reforms

Publishing date: 16 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
PODGORICA, 16 March 2010- The Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov, welcomed Montenegro's determination to continue its pro-democratic reforms during a visit to Podgorica today...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo urges courts to order detention only when warranted

Publishing date: 15 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 March 2010- While courts in Kosovo have made limited improvements in the reasoning of rulings on detention, in a majority of the cases judges failed to properly justify decisions, concluded an OSCE report published today...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo to present report on use of detention

Publishing date: 12 March 2010
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 12 March 2010- The use of detention and the judges' justification for detention is the topic of a report to be presented at a news conference on Monday by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...