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Civil society recommends OSCE’s greater engagement with Mediterranean Partner States

Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Good governance, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Civil society in the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States could benefit from greater OSCE engagement in strengthening capacity at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa, participants said at the end of a two-day conference in Vilnius on 5 December 2011...

OSCE civil society conference on challenges facing Mediterranean democracies in transition

Publishing date: 4 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Good governance, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VILNIUS, 4 December 2011 – Encouraging international co-operation between civil society groups from OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa was highlighted at the start of a two-day conference in Vilnius today...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns desecration of Jewish cemetery

Publishing date: 2 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 2 December 2011- Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward P. Joseph, condemned today the recent desecration of the Jewish Cemetery in Prishtinë/Priština, calling on law enforcement to investigate, and the municipality to repair the damage...

OSCE holds course on international protection of human rights in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 2 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights
ASHGABAT, 2 December 2011 – More than 30 students at the Institute of International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan attended an OSCE-organized course on human rights and international relations that concluded in Ashgabat today...

OSCE promotes women’s political participation in Armenia

Publishing date: 2 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
YEREVAN, 2 December 2011 – Measures to increase the number of women candidates nominated by Armenian political parties was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...

Recommendations for strengthening detention monitoring discussed at OSCE-led meeting in Chişinău

Publishing date: 1 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights
CHIŞINĂU, 1 December 2011 – A set of recommendations on how to strengthen local commissions which monitor places of detention in Moldova was presented at a roundtable meeting held by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the nongovernmental Moldovan Institute on Human Rights in Chişinău today...

OSCE Centre promotes dialogue on freedom of religion or belief

Publishing date: 30 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
BISHKEK, 30 November 2011 – A roundtable discussion today organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Commission on Religious Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic gathered state officials, religious leaders and civil society representatives to discuss co-operation to promote freedom of religion or belief in law and practice...