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Ukraine crisis, migrants, terrorism in focus as OSCE PA President addresses ambassadors

Publishing date: 19 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 19 November 2015 – Resolution of the conflict in and around Ukraine and what the OSCE can do to better mitigate the migrant crisis and counter terrorism were the topics in focus as OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) addressed the Organization’s Permanent Council in Vienna today...

Protecting human rights in focus of OSCE-supported seminars in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 19 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights
TARAZ, Kazakhstan, 19 November 2015 – A two-part OSCE-supported training seminar on protecting human rights began today in Taraz, Zhambyl Region, targeting regional administration officials, law-enforcement officers, judges, prosecutors, academics and representatives of civil society...

Multifaceted approach to migrant crisis the only way to overcome it, says OSCE PA’s Santos on European trip

Publishing date: 18 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 18 November 2015 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today completed a visit to Brussels and Geneva for meetings with leading European officials on the crisis of migrants and refugees. She advocated a multifaceted approach as the only way to achieve a durable solution...

Participants of OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Belgrade focus on challenges for human rights defenders in the Western Balkans

Publishing date: 16 November 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
More than 30 activists, experts and representatives of civil society organizations from the Western Balkans came together to discuss challenges faced by human rights defenders working in the region at a meeting in Belgrade on 16 November 2015...

OSCE/ODIHR publishes 2014 hate crime data

Publishing date: 16 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 16 November 2015 – Marking the International Day for Tolerance, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released its 2014 data on its Hate Crime Reporting website...

OSCE trains authorities and civil society in Kazakhstan on economic, social and cultural rights

Publishing date: 16 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights
KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan, 16 November 2015 – Some 20 regional and city administration officials, civil society activists and trade union representatives will learn about the provisions and application in Kazakhstan of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) during a two-day OSCE-supported training seminar that began today in Kokshetau...

OSCE Mission to Serbia and Commissioner for the Protection of Equality mark International Day of Tolerance

Publishing date: 16 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 16 November 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality today marked the International Day of Tolerance with a prize ceremony awarding journalists for their reports on tolerance and non-discrimination...