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OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting discusses enhancing policing activities, calls for better co-ordination

Publishing date: 21 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 21 May 2010- Policing experts from the OSCE region discussed enhancing police-related activities and co-operating with international organizations to address transnational threats at the Annual Police Experts Meeting which ends in Vienna today...

OSCE meeting on gender equality begins with calls for more action on increasing women's participation in public life

Publishing date: 6 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 6 May 2010- A special OSCE meeting on gender equality got underway today with participants calling for increased action by participating States to promote the participation of women in political and public life...

European human rights bodies call for decisive action against racism and xenophobia

Publishing date: 19 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, STRASBOURG, VIENNA, 19 March 2010- In a joint statement ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe's...

OSCE Roma adviser welcomes European Court ruling against school segregation

Publishing date: 17 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 17 March 2010- The OSCE's Roma adviser, Andrzej Mirga, today welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against segregation of Roma children in elementary schools...

Head of OSCE human rights office expresses concern about outcome of Swiss minaret ban referendum

Publishing date: 30 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ATHENS, 30 November 2009- The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, expressed concern today at the outcome of the referendum held in Switzerland on Sunday on the ban...

Hate crimes remain serious problem in many OSCE states, new ODIHR report says

Publishing date: 16 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 16 November 2009- Hate crimes continue to be a serious problem in many OSCE participating States, concludes a report published by OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today...

OSCE meeting on gender equality begins with calls for increased efforts to combat violence against women

Publishing date: 5 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 5 November 2009- A special OSCE meeting on gender equality started today with participants calling for increased efforts by participating States to prevent violence against women, prosecute perpetrators and provide adequate protection...