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OSCE publishes guide on teaching about religions and beliefs
Publishing date: 27 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
MADRID, 27 November 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will launch a new guide on preparing curricula for teaching about religions and beliefs in a manner sensitive to human rights concerns on Wednesday in Madrid...
OSCE Chairman's envoy urges participating States to respect fundamental freedoms
Publishing date: 30 March 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 30 March 2007- The situation with fundamental freedoms of association, assembly and expression in a number of OSCE participating States are still a matter of concern, said participants at an OSCE meeting that concluded in Vienna today...
OSCE human rights body welcomes creation of new EU Fundamental Rights Agency
Publishing date: 1 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VIENNA, 1 March 2007- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has welcomed the new European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, which was inaugurated today in Vienna...
OSCE trains Azerbaijani officials on protecting human rights in counter-terrorism
Publishing date: 28 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 28 February 2007- An OSCE training course for senior officials on the protection of human rights in counter-terrorism strategies started in Baku today. The training programme has also been conducted in Austria, Serbia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Anti-trafficking and non-discrimination to top agenda of Europe's largest human rights meeting
Publishing date: 26 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 26 September 2006- Some 900 international experts, government representatives and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 2 to 13 October for this year's session of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...
International commitments promoting tolerance must be implemented say four international institutions
Publishing date: 9 June 2005
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CORDOBA, 9 June 2005- Four international institutions promoting tolerance and non-discrimination today said that implementation of commitments in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and intolerance...