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OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports parliamentary staff in managing social media channels
Publishing date: 25 June 2021
Structuring and presenting information in an engaging manner on social media, was the focus of a workshop the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized for 14 (9 women and 5 men) parliamentary staff on 23 and 24 June...
OSCE enhances its activities on combating gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 25 June 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Chairmanship sources, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
Two three-day train-the-trainers (ToTs) seminars on information technologies, conflict mediation, and the basics of psychological support for victims of gender-based violence (GBV) took place in Osh city from 17 to 19 June, and in Tokmok, Chui province from 23 to 25 June 2021. Forty-five members of Women Initiative Groups (WIGs) from across Kyrgyzstan participated in the seminar.
Promotion of the Aarhus Convention`s principles focus of an OSCE organized seminar in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 25 June 2021
A two-day seminar dedicated to fostering the role of the Ombudsperson, Media and Youth in promoting Aarhus Convention principles took place in an online format on 24 and 25 June 2021. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the event.
Holistic approach needed to eliminate torture, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 25 June 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 25 June 2021 – OSCE countries need to honour their recent commitment to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture after acknowledging the practice to be “one of the most flagrant violations of human rights and human dignity”, said the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the occasion of tomorrow’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture...
Environmental challenges focus of OSCE-supported roundtable discussion in northern Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 June 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
On 24 June 2021, twenty-eight participants, including 12 women and 16 men, from Parliament, local authorities, private companies and civic organizations participated in a roundtable discussion on the main ecological challenges of the region in Petropavl, northern Kazakhstan. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized the event, in partnership with the Association of Environmental Organizations...
OSCE contributes to the 2021 Kuban Cyber-Security Conference on protection against cyber threats
Publishing date: 24 June 2021
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) contributed to the 2021 Kuban Cyber-Security Conference held online and in-person in Krasnodar, Russia on 23 and 24 June 2021.
During visit to Bulgaria, OSCE Representative Richey praises attention to prevention while calling for strengthening commitment and fighting impunity
Publishing date: 24 June 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SOFIA, 24 June 2021 – Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, on the last day of his three-day official visit to Sofia, reported that Bulgaria has developed sound initiatives that focus its anti-trafficking efforts on prevention...