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Condemning deadly attack in Charlottesville, ODIHR Director calls for leaders and authorities to counter racist rhetoric, investigate as possible hate crime, and ensure safety of peaceful demonstrators
Publishing date: 15 August 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 15 August 2017- Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned the violent attack by a suspected white supremacist in the United States on Saturday that caused one death and injured at least 19 people...
Ensuring freedom of religion or belief and tolerance and non-discrimination for all is vital to security, say participants at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 22 June 2017 – Freedom of religion or belief, and tolerance and non-discrimination are essential to ensuring peace and security in the OSCE region, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...
New OSCE/ODIHR publication aimed at assisting governments in addressing security needs of Jewish communities
Publishing date: 15 May 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERLIN, 15 May 2017 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released a new publication aimed at assisting governments in addressing the security needs of Jewish communities, at a launch event in the German Parliamentary Society...
ODIHR Director Link and IHRA Chair Constantinescu, on day to commemorate genocide against Roma and Sinti, say greater efforts needed to protect endangered memorial sites and ensure dignity of victims
Publishing date: 2 August 2016
Collections: Roma and Sinti genocide
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW / BUCHAREST, 2 August 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), called today for greater efforts to protect endangered memorial sites related to the Roma and Sinti genocide during World War II...
OSCE/ODIHR and Spain host panel discussion on freedom of religion or belief, tolerance and inter-religious dialogue
Publishing date: 10 May 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Challenges and opportunities that an increasing diversity of religions and beliefs pose for public institutions, religious communities, and societies across the OSCE region were the focus of an event, hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the OSCE on 10 May 2016, in Vienna.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier stresses importance of ODIHR’s work during visit to headquarters in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 April 2016
Content type: Press release
WARSAW, 19 April 2016 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, today visited the headquarters of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in the context of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Office...
Countering intolerance and discrimination is vital to meeting current security challenges, say participants at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 14 April, 2016 – Promoting tolerance and effectively countering discrimination are vital to ensuring security, and must be at the centre of policies to address current threats, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...