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High Commissioner Thors, in address to OSCE Permanent Council, highlights participation of national minorities and role of education in conflict prevention
Publishing date: 19 November 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
In her statement to the Permanent Council on 19 November 2015, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors provided information on her institution’s activities since July 2015 highlighting its thematic work as well as the situation in Ukraine...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities assesses inter-ethnic situation in south-eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors visited Ukraine from 2 to 6 November 2015, including trips to Kyiv as well as Mariupol, where she assessed the inter-ethnic situation in south-eastern Ukraine. In Kyiv, Thors discussed the status of modernizing the institutional
Peace and stability in Europe impossible without protecting and promoting human rights, including rights of persons belonging to national minorities, say participants at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Troika, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: National minority issues
VIENNA, 29 October 2015 – Protecting and promoting human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to national minorities, is inextricably linked to the preservation of peace and stability within and between States, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
Youth from minority communities in Georgia increasingly interested in learning Georgian through multilingual education, OSCE HCNM-commissioned study concludes
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues, Youth
Young people from ethnic minority communities in Georgia are increasingly interested in learning the Georgian language as a means to improve their socio-economic opportunities, the “Research Study on Multilingual Education in Georgia” commissioned by the OSCE High Commissioner on National
OSCE conducts training seminar on multi-ethnic policing in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 5 October 2015
Content type: Press release
What we do: Policing
AKTOBE, Kazakhstan, 5 October 2015 – An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for law-enforcement officers on best practices and international standards in policing in multi-ethnic societies began today in Aktobe, Kazakhstan...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities supports knowledge-sharing on multilingual education in South Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Content type: Press release
What we do: Education, National minority issues
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 30 September 2015 – The benefits of multilingual education was the focus of a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors, which ended today in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The conference brought together more than 500 participants from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan...
ODIHR and HCNM report identifies widespread human rights violations, discrimination and legal irregularities in Crimea
Publishing date: 17 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 17 September 2015 – Since the occupation and annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in early 2014, the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms has deteriorated radically for a large number of residents and displaced persons – particularly for pro-Ukrainian activists, journalists and the Crimean Tatar community, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) said in a report published today...