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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
National human rights institutions vital to better promotion and protection of economic and social rights, say NHRI Academy participants
Publishing date: 7 June 2019
National human rights institutions (NHRIs) are uniquely placed to monitor the economic and social rights policies of their states and evaluate the allocation of resources to ensure effective protection of these rights, said participants in the annual NHRI Academy, which took place in Venice from 3 to 7 June 2019.
Effective multilateralism crucial to fight torture and impunity, say participants at OSCE event in Vienna
Publishing date: 5 June 2019
Taking stock and identifying ways to make multilateral cooperation in the fight against torture more effective were the focus of the conference ‘Effective multilateralism in the fight against torture: Trends in the OSCE region and the way forward’ that took place on 5 June 2019 in Vienna.
Tech tools crucial to improving proactive identification of trafficking victims, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 9 April 2019
Opportunities and benefits technology provides to governmental institutions, law enforcement agencies, corporations and civil society in identifying victims of human trafficking were the focus of discussion at an event on 9 April 2019 during the 19th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference in Vienna. The panel discussion was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department.
Promoting freedom of religion or belief the focus of OSCE/ODIHR roundtable events in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 13 March 2019
Advancing the freedom of religion or belief for all was at the centre of discussion at roundtable events held in Sarajevo and Banja Luka on 12 and 13 March 2019, respectively. The events were organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE/ODIHR trains Armenian police on human rights-compliant policing of assemblies
Publishing date: 15 February 2019
Protecting and promoting human rights while policing assemblies, as well as police accountability, were the focus of a three-day training course organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 13 to 15 February 2019 in Yerevan. The training event brought
OSCE/ODIHR builds capacity of human rights defenders to carry out open source investigations
Publishing date: 14 December 2018
Building the capacity of human rights defenders to use open source investigation techniques for human rights monitoring projects was the focus of a training workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the nonprofit technology
Religious leaders, community representatives in Cyprus take part in OSCE/ODIHR training event on freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 12 December 2018
Twenty-three leaders and representatives of religious communities in Cyprus came together for a training event on freedom of religion or belief in Nicosia, on 11 and 12 December 2018. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation