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OSCE trains border officials on protection of human rights
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Human rights, Education, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 13 September 2010- A five-day training on human rights and border control organized by the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) started in Dushanbe today...
OSCE/ODIHR gathers experts in Berlin to evaluate education programme to combat anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
BERLIN, 26 May 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) gathered experts from 12 countries in Berlin today to exchange experiences on implementing an education programme on combating anti-Semitism that...
OSCE Roma adviser welcomes European Court ruling against school segregation
Publishing date: 17 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 17 March 2010- The OSCE's Roma adviser, Andrzej Mirga, today welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against segregation of Roma children in elementary schools...
OSCE/ODIHR launches book on human rights education for schools
Publishing date: 2 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 2 October 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and several partner organizations launched a resource book today on human rights education for primary and secondary schools...
OSCE rights office, Lithuanian education ministry launch anti-Semitism teaching tools for Lithuanian schools
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VILNIUS, 2 July 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science today launched a Lithuanian-language version of teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism...
OSCE human rights office, Polish education ministry launch teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 5 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 5 March 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Poland's Education Ministry today launched teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism, designed for use in Polish secondary schools...
OSCE human rights body, Yad Vashem launch teachers' guide on addressing anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 19 December 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
WARSAW/JERUSALEM, 19 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, today launched a guide for teachers on how to address anti-Semitism...