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The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the OSCE Austrian Chairmanship, organized two separate meetings in Vienna on addressing the security needs of Jewish communities, on 6 and 7 July 2017. The 6 July event brought together Austrian

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized a two-day roundtable on religious rites and practices and freedom of religion or belief in Amsterdam on 4 and 5 July with representatives from Jewish and Muslim communities and other interested stakeholders.

Representatives of the Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) signed an agreement on 28 June 2017 that will help Slovakian prosecutors and judges strengthen their ability to effectively prosecute hate crimes.

VIENNA, 27 June 2017- A team of students from the San Pablo CEU University of Spain was today awarded the first prize in a regional competition organized by the OSCE United in Countering Violent Extremism (#UnitedCVE) campaign as part of the Peer to Peer (P2P): Facebook Global Digital Challenge...

Efforts to address anti-Semitism, discrimination and intolerance through coalition building that addresses gender and interlinking forms of discrimination was the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 21 to 23 June 2017 in

VIENNA, 22 June 2017 – Freedom of religion or belief, and tolerance and non-discrimination are essential to ensuring peace and security in the OSCE region, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...

Representatives of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and European Union bodies, as well as experts and activists from civil society groups, came together in Brussels on 30 May 2017 for the Joint Day of Action against Anti-Semitism and Anti-Muslim Hatred and