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OSCE human rights office, Hungarian authorities to co-operate in combating hate crimes against Roma

Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BUDAPEST, 23 November 2010- Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today said his Office would work with Hungary's authorities to combat hate crimes against Roma...

National contact points on combating hate crime meet in Warsaw

Publishing date: 16 November 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
ODIHR's third annual meeting for its network of national contact points on combating hate crime got under way in Warsaw on 16 November, International Day of Tolerance.

Education officials stress need to combat anti-Semitism in schools at OSCE/ODIHR meeting

Publishing date: 8 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Democratization, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 8 November 2010- Schools across the OSCE region must step up efforts to combat anti-Semitism through education, said participants in an OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) meeting for education ministry...

Switzerland's Muslims discuss creation of umbrella organization at meeting co-hosted by OSCE/ODIHR

Publishing date: 22 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERN, 22 October 2010- Representatives of Switzerland's Muslim communities will discuss how the interests of Muslims can be presented more effectively at the national level during a conference in Bern.

OSCE human rights office gathers youth activists from across Europe to commemorate Roma victims of genocide

Publishing date: 2 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
OSWIECIM, Poland, 2 August 2010- Some 80 Roma and non-Roma youth activists have gathered today for an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the International Roma Youth Network and the Malopolska authorities...

OSCE rights office, Holocaust education task force formalize co-operation on combating anti-Semitism

Publishing date: 21 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
JERUSALEM, 21 July 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Janez Lenarcic, today formalized the partnership with the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research...

Differences in advancing to democracy should not overshadow progress in human rights promotion, says OSCE Chairperson

Publishing date: 10 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections, Democratization, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
COPENHAGEN, 10 June 2010- Celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the most far-reaching international human rights agreements, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev...