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OSCE/ODIHR concerned about breaches of commitments for democratic elections
Publishing date: 19 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 18 October 2000-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) expressed concern about breaches of OSCE commitments for democratic elections...
Meeting on property issues in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 17 October, 2000-- On 16 and 17 October the OSCE Mission to Croatia hosted a meeting of property experts from OSCE missions and offices in South-Eastern Europe...
Largest all-European human rights conference opens
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
WARSAW, 17 October 2000- Government representatives from 54 OSCE participating States, human rights experts, and more than 150 international and non-governmental organizations gathered today in Warsaw...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office speaks out against torture
Publishing date: 26 June 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
Vienna, 26 June 2000- \"Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment constitute an attempt to destroy a fellow human being physically and mentally...\"
OSCE Ministerial Troika holds meeting in Oslo
Publishing date: 24 June 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Troika, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
OSLO, 24 June 1999-- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, Foreign Ministers Knut Vollebæk of Norway, Bronislaw Geremek of Poland and Ambassador Jutta Stefan-Bastl representing the...
Human rights record of OSCE States under review in Warsaw
Publishing date: 11 November 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 11 November 1997-- The Foreign Minister of Poland, Bronislaw Geremek will open the biannual OSCE Implementation Meeting tomorrow in Warsaw. The three-week Meeting of...
New director named for OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publishing date: 26 March 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
VIENNA, 26 March 1997-- Mr. Gérard Stoudmann of Switzerland has been appointed as Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.