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Good practices, challenges to freedom of assembly and association highlighted at civil society forum
Publishing date: 7 November 2012
Content type: News
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
Promoting the freedom of assembly and association, as well as the challenges faced in exercising this fundamental right, were the focus of a forum for civil society representatives organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Irish OSCE Chairmanship on 7 November 2012...
OSCE participating States have duty to ensure the safety of journalists, Chairperson says
Publishing date: 7 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
VILNIUS, 7 June 2011 – All OSCE participating States must act to fulfill their commitments to ensure the safety and security of journalists, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis said today as he opened a two-day meeting devoted to finding ways to better protect journalists...
OSCE Chairperson says human rights are basis for democratic society
Publishing date: 12 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VILNIUS, 12 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Audronius Ažubalis, celebrating today's 35th anniversary of the Moscow Helsinki Group, underlined its invaluable contribution to the development of civil society that inspired democratic changes in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe...
National human rights institutions need clear mandate, resources and independence, speakers at OSCE meeting say
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 14 April 2011 – National human rights institutions need a clear mandate, sufficient resources and genuine independence from governments to be able to play their role effectively, participants said today at the opening of a special OSCE meeting on the topic in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson, in Azerbaijan, calls for strengthening ceasefire regime and confidence-building measures, offers support for reforms
Publishing date: 14 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 14 March 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in Baku today, emphasized the importance of Azerbaijan in securing regional stability, and urged the authorities to work towards progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process and implement OSCE commitments to further democratic reforms, including promoting pluralism...
OSCE Chairperson offers support for UN Secretary-General initiative to co-ordinate international assistance to North Africa
Publishing date: 3 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 3 March 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed today the need to co-ordinate international efforts to assist North Africa, and the possibility of creating a co-ordination mechanism among relevant international organizations, under UN leadership...
OSCE Chairperson concerned about trials of protestors in Belarus and calls for monitors to observe
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
VILNIUS, 17 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed strong concern today that the courts in Belarus have started trials and the sentencing of people who participated in demonstrations last December. He fully supports the intention of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to send observers to monitor future trials and urges the authorities to ensure that the observers can conduct their work...