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Observation of Hungary's 2022 parliamentary elections
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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov (left) meets Bosnia and Herzegovina's Foreign Minister Bisera Turković, 6 April 2022, Sarajevo.
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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro during her visit to Belgium, where she met amongst others with deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and the North Sea Vincent van Quickenborne, 30 March 2022.
Freedom of religion or belief builds security
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International human rights treaties purposefully exclude national security as a legitimate aim for restricting freedom of religion or belief. While security is often associated with politics or military protection, the OSCE’s approach adds the concept of a human dimension of which freedom of religion or belief is part. In this video, Dmytro Vovk,  member of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief, explains why freedom of religion or belief should not be abandoned in light of security challenges, but should be reinforced.
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A voter is casting her ballot in Serbia's presidential and early parliamentary elections. Belgrade, 3 April 2022.
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The opening session of the 22nd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons, Vienna, 4 April 2022.
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Polling station officials prepare ballots for voting in Hungary's parliamentary elections. Budapest, 3 April 2022.
Address by OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid at the 22nd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons
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Address by OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid at the opening session of the 22nd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons, Vienna, 4 April 2022.
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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro during her visit to the EU institutions, where she addressed the DROI Committee of the European Parliament, 28 March 2022.
Women need greater freedom of religion or belief
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In this video, Emir Kovacevic, member of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief, explains that the right to freedom of religion or belief applies to men and women equally. But in practice, many women in the OSCE region face major difficulties in accessing this right. Many harmful practices against women are justified by reference to religious traditions, whether these traditions are actually rooted in a religion or not.
Secularism – is it good or bad for freedom of religion or belief?
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Secularism is the political doctrine defined by the idea of separation between religion and the state. In increasingly pluralistic societies, a number of models of secularism have emerged. Each model can lead to a robust legal protection of the right to freedom of religion or belief, but only if the state strives for neutrality and works to combat discrimination based on religion or belief. Fabio Petito, member of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief, explains.
Women need greater freedom of religion or belief
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In this video, Emir Kovacevic, member of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief, explains that the right to freedom of religion or belief applies to men and women equally. But in practice, many women in the OSCE region face major difficulties in accessing this right. Many harmful practices against women are justified by reference to religious traditions, whether these traditions are actually rooted in a religion or not.