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OSCE/ODIHR trains local police from Fuenlabrada, Spain on human rights standards in countering violent extremism that may lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 24 May 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
The links between respecting human rights and countering violent extremism and radicalization that may lead to terrorism were explored during a training workshop for police officers from the Spanish municipality of Fuenlabrada, from 22 to 24 May 2018. The course was organized by the OSCE Office for
Torture prevention and work of Poland’s national preventive mechanism focus of roundtable event organized by Polish Commissioner for Human Rights and OSCE/ODIHR
Publishing date: 22 May 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
Preventing torture and the role of Poland’s national preventive mechanism was the focus of a roundtable event organized in Warsaw by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland on 22 May 2018.
ODIHR Director urges Armenian authorities to protect and ensure right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Publishing date: 19 April 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 19 April 2018 – Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today urged the authorities in Armenia to protect and ensure the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in the country, as protests there continue...
Freedom of assembly focus of training courses supported by OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and ODIHR
Publishing date: 16 April 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
Upholding human rights while policing assemblies was the focus of two three-day training courses for representatives of law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Sarajevo and Banja Luka from 9 to 14 April 2018...
Ukrainian-language version of ODIHR’s handbook on human rights-compliant assembly policing launched in Kyiv
Publishing date: 21 March 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
International standards guaranteeing the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and key principles and good practices for policing assemblies in a human rights-compliant way were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 21 March 2018 in Kyiv. The event marked the launch of the Ukrainian-language version of ODIHR’s Human Rights Handbook on Policing Assemblies.
Participants in ODIHR event in Astana call for continued capacity-building efforts, dialogue to advance freedom of religion or belief in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 February 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The importance of promoting the right to freedom of religion or belief as a core component of ensuring sustainable security in Kazakhstan was highlighted by participants in a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Astana on 13 February 2018.
OSCE/ODIHR facilitates dialogue between members of UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 7 February 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
The establishment of a national body to monitor places of detention in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of efforts to prevent torture and other ill-treatment was the focus of high-level meetings in Sarajevo, supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 5 and 6 February 2018.