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Neglect of Europe's Roma not an option, OSCE's Roma adviser tells US Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 9 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WASHINGTON, 9 June 2009- The recent wave of violence against Roma and Sinti makes clear that governments cannot afford to neglect the integration of Europe's largest minority population, Andrzej Mirga, the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma...
OSCE experts in Italy to assess situation of Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 21 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti
MILAN, 21 July 2008- A delegation of OSCE experts arrived in Italy today to assess the human rights situation of the Roma and Sinti population in the country...
OSCE human rights body concerned about anti-Roma violence in Italy
Publishing date: 16 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 16 May 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today expressed concern over the violent attacks on informal Roma settlements in Italy. The ODIHR called on the Italian authorities to ensure the protection...
International rights bodies call on politicians to lead fight against intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 18 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW/STRASBOURG/VIENNA, 18 March 2008- In a joint statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, three leading human rights agencies call on political leaders to assume...
OSCE human rights body welcomes creation of new EU Fundamental Rights Agency
Publishing date: 1 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VIENNA, 1 March 2007- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has welcomed the new European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, which was inaugurated today in Vienna...
Anti-trafficking and non-discrimination to top agenda of Europe's largest human rights meeting
Publishing date: 26 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 26 September 2006- Some 900 international experts, government representatives and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 2 to 13 October for this year's session of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...
OSCE/ODIHR to increase efforts to bring human rights education to vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 26 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA/WARSAW, 26 March 2004- The OSCE's human rights body will increase its efforts to ensure that human rights education reaches vulnerable groups, such as Roma and Sinti, and will continue to include a gender perspective in all such education...