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OSCE human rights body, Yad Vashem launch teachers' guide on addressing anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 19 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW/JERUSALEM, 19 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, today launched a guide for teachers on how to address anti-Semitism...
OSCE publishes guide on teaching about religions and beliefs
Publishing date: 27 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
MADRID, 27 November 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will launch a new guide on preparing curricula for teaching about religions and beliefs in a manner sensitive to human rights concerns on Wednesday in Madrid...
Britain hosts OSCE training course for police on hate crime response
Publishing date: 20 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Policing, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW/LONDON, 20 November 2007- Police trainers from 15 countries are taking part in an OSCE-organized seminar on responding to hate crimes held in London this week...
OSCE Chairman's envoy urges participating States to respect fundamental freedoms
Publishing date: 30 March 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 30 March 2007- The situation with fundamental freedoms of association, assembly and expression in a number of OSCE participating States are still a matter of concern, said participants at an OSCE meeting that concluded in Vienna today...
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...
OSCE trains Azerbaijani officials on protecting human rights in counter-terrorism
Publishing date: 28 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 28 February 2007- An OSCE training course for senior officials on the protection of human rights in counter-terrorism strategies started in Baku today. The training programme has also been conducted in Austria, Serbia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE experts panel concerned over destruction of Hare Krishna property in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2006
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 27 November 2006- The OSCE Advisory Council on the Freedom of Religion or Belief, an advisory panel of experts from different backgrounds and of various faiths from throughout the OSCE region, issued the following statement today...