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OSCE organizes roundtables on equal access to education in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 16 October 2003- The right of children with special needs to enjoy equal education free from discrimination was one of the key points discussed at an OSCE-organized series of roundtables in Bosnia and Herzegovina that ended today...
OSCE Mission supports refugee return accord between Belgrade and Sarajevo
Publishing date: 6 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 6 October 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, welcomed the agreement on refugee returns, signed today between Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The OSCE Mission...
Conference promoting co-operation between parliaments to take place in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 22 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 22 September 2003- Parliamentarians from throughout south-eastern Europe will attend a conference on the role of parliaments in human and economic development in south-eastern Europe in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 3 and 4 October...
International community urges school authorities in Bosnia to stop playing politics with their children's futures
Publishing date: 2 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 2 September, 2003- The Office of the High Representative and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina have deplored the fact that politics have interfered with the right of all children to a de-politicized, high-quality and modern...
Former OSCE staff member gains top Canadian human rights award
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 14 August 2003- Canadian human rights lawyer, Georgette Gagnon, who served from 2001 to 2003 as Director of Human Rights for the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been honoured with the Walter Tarnopolsky Human Rights...
OSCE Mission welcomes steps towards administrative unification of schools in Herzegovina-Neretva
Publishing date: 6 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SARAJEVO, 7 August, 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the issuance by the Minister of Education of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of an instruction on administrative unification of the Mostar Old Gymnasium and the so-called 'two...
OSCE Mission calls on Republika Srpska to implement decision on Srebrenica case
Publishing date: 11 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
SARAJEVO, 11 July 2003- On 11 July, the anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina calls on Republika Srpska authorities to take their stated commitment to human rights seriously and to take immediate...