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Attacks against refugees, asylum seekers and migrants are unacceptable, say heads of European human rights institutions on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Publishing date: 21 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Migration, Tolerance and non-discrimination
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the heads of Europe’s main intergovernmental human rights institutions call for a strong response to xenophobic attacks against migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, and call on governments and state authorities to uphold their international obligations in this regard...
OSCE/ODIHR's regional expert workshop discusses good practices in migrant integration
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Migration
Civic orientation and language support programmes in migrant integration were the focus of the regional expert workshop “Good Practices in Integration of Migrants in line with OSCE Commitments and International Legal Standards” held in Riga on 17 and 18 March 2016.
States must work to guarantee the human rights of migrants, including in responses to current crisis, says OSCE/ODIHR Director Link
Publishing date: 18 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Migration
WARSAW, 18 December 2015 – States have an obligation to guarantee the human rights of migrants, including in their responses to the current refugee crisis in Europe, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), stressed in a statement today, on International Migrants Day...
Intolerance faced by migrants, refugees at the centre of OSCE/ODIHR fact-finding workshop in Warsaw
Publishing date: 11 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Migration, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Hate incidents targeting migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers were at the centre of a fact-finding workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 11 December 2015.
OSCE/ODIHR presents an assessment of migrant integration in Moldova
Publishing date: 18 November 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Migration
Challenges faced in promoting the integration of migrants in Moldova were the focus of a roundtable meeting organized in Chisinau by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 18 November 2015...
OSCE/ODIHR's expert panel meeting discusses safeguarding rights of asylum seekers, refugees and other persons in need during the migration crisis
Publishing date: 13 November 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Migration
The emergency situation of refugees in Europe was the focus of an expert panel meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 12 and 13 November 2015 in Warsaw...
Human rights have to be at the centre of policy on migration crisis, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 September 2015
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Migration
WARSAW, 21 September 2015 – OSCE participating States have to ensure the protection of the human rights and dignity of migrants in addressing the current crisis in Europe, speakers said at the opening in Warsaw today of a two-week OSCE conference focusing on democracy and human rights...