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British MPs debate OSCE in House of Lords
Publishing date: 23 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 20 January 2012 – The British government should report more frequently to Parliament on its activities within the OSCE, and the OSCE in Vienna should co-operate more fully with the Parliamentary Assembly, members of the British House of Lords said this week...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian authorities to investigate recent attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 20 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA 20 January 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the recent attacks on several members of the press during the continuing demonstrations in Bucharest and called on Romanian authorities to investigate thoroughly...
ODIHR working with Albania on planned election law amendments
Publishing date: 20 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will provide expertise to Albania’s Special Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reform, including through expert team visits to Tirana, in 2012...
Poland’s parliamentary elections pluralistic and democratic, but some concerns over late legal amendments, says ODIHR final report
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Poland’s 9 October 2011 parliamentary elections were pluralistic and democratic, although late changes to electoral laws impacted on the stability of the legal framework, the final report released by ODIHR on 18 January 2012 concludes...
OSCE Special Representative publishes recommendations on human trafficking to UK
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
Following a visit to the United Kingdom last year, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro published recommendations to the government on improving anti-trafficking action and the protection of human rights of trafficked persons, together with the UK official response, on 18 January 2012...
On fifth anniversary of Dink murder, OSCE media freedom representative calls for justice for all killed journalists in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the murder of prominent Turkish journalist Hrant Dink that OSCE participating States must do more to protect journalists and punish their assailants...
OSCE Secretary General, in Geneva, stresses importance of partnerships to tackle emerging challenges to security
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, on a visit to Geneva from 18 to 20 January 2012, emphasized the need to further develop partnerships between international organizations in maintaining peace and security and effectively tackling current and emerging threats...