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OSCE 2015 Dialogue Academy to be held in Austria

Publishing date: 27 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The 2015 Dialogue Academy for young women, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia has been postponed to this autumn...

OSCE/ODIHR seminars for police and prosecutors in Ukraine focus on freedom of religion or belief and hate crimes

Publishing date: 17 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Police and prosecutors from Ukraine discussed international standards on freedom of religion or belief and responses to hate crime at two seminars organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vinnitsa on 13 and 14 July and in Odessa on 16 and 17 July 2015.

OSCE/ODIHR signs agreement with Bulgaria to implement training programme for prosecutors to counter hate crime

Publishing date: 14 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Bulgaria’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) signed an agreement on 13 July 2015 in Warsaw to train prosecutors in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes.

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports joint Iftar (fast-breaking) dinner for different communities in Kumanovo

Publishing date: 6 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
An outdoor Iftar (fast-breaking) dinner was organized in Kumanovo with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje on 4 July 2015, bringing together Muslim and non-Muslim believers to learn more about each other’s cultures and beliefs...

OSCE supports specialized course and manual for journalists in Ukraine on gender equality and non-discrimination

Publishing date: 3 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Media freedom and development, Tolerance and non-discrimination
KYIV, 3 July 2015- A two-day workshop which presented a new course and manual on gender equality and non-discrimination for representatives of Ukraine’s media educational institutions ended today in Kyiv. The workshop was organized with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...

Ensuring the right to freedom of religion or belief vital to ensuring security and stability, say participants at OSCE meeting

Publishing date: 2 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 2 July 2015 – Work by states, both in national policies and in co-operation with a range of actors at the national and international levels, including religious and belief communities, to ensure the freedom of religion or belief is vital to ensuring security and stability, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna.

Dialogue, trust and security are watchwords for 2016 Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship, Foreign Minister Steinmeier tells OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 2 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Good governance, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 2 July 2015 – Germany is ready to take on the responsibility of steering the OSCE against the background of one of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War, with a vision for its 2016 Chairmanship based on dialogue, trust and security, the country’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna today...