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OSCE sends experts to Georgia to assess human rights and minority situation in areas affected by conflict
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
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, National minority issues
WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 10 October 2008- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will send an expert team to Georgia to assess the human rights and minority situation in the areas...
OSCE hate crime report finds continued pattern of violent attacks on minorities
Publishing date: 6 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 6 October 2008- Members of visibly identifiable groups who stand out because of their religion, ethnicity or other perceived characteristics remain the target of often brutal physical attacks, says a report on hate crimes in the OSCE region...
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 human rights chief welcomes Action Plan on Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 2 December 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW/MAASTRICHT, 2 December 2003- An action plan to eradicate discrimination against Roma and Sinti and to ensure that they play a full and equal part in society has been adopted today at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Maastricht...