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High-level conference marks 20 years of OSCE High Commissioner’s Hague Recommendations on education rights
Publishing date: 20 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
THE HAGUE, 20 April 2016- Education is in many ways the space where issues of equality, national identity and the concept of nationhood are being negotiated, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors today as she opened a high-level conference to mark 20 years of The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in Georgia, discusses implementation of integration strategy for minority participation
Publishing date: 20 April 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors visited Georgia from 12 to 15 April 2016, where she discussed policies to ensure the participation of minorities in public life, education reforms, language policy, and minority representation, among other issues.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities supports conference on education in multilingual and multicultural contexts in Central Asia
Publishing date: 31 March 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities co-organized a conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 28 to 29 March 2016 on education challenges in multilingual and multicultural contexts in Central Asia. The conference, organized with the French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IEFAC), UNICEF
High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Bosnia and Herzegovina and calls for quality inclusive education for all
Publishing date: 24 March 2016
Content type: News
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors visited Bosnia and Herzegovina from 20 to 24 March 2016, focusing extensively on education matters, visiting schools and educational facilities, meeting with pupils, parents and teachers and witnessing efforts made to bridge divides and develop joint activities...
OSCE launches call for nominations: Max van der Stoel Award 2016
Publishing date: 14 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 14 March 2016 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors today launched a call for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Award...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses how to strengthen the inter-ethnic institutional framework in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
KYIV, 10 March 2016- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Ukrainian Parliament's Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Inter-ethnic Relations co-organized a roundtable discussion in Kyiv today on strengthening the institutional framework with regard to inter-ethnic relations in Ukraine and in the context of decentralization...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses minority participation and education in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
The participation of national minorities in public life and promoting their access to education were among the main topics of discussion during the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors’ visit to Kyrgyzstan from 24 to 26 November. In Bishkek, Thors exchanged views on a