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OSCE launches Hungarian version of guide on building trust between police and Roma

Publishing date: 9 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
The Hungarian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched at a seminar hosted by the Interior Ministry of Hungary in Budapest on 8 November 2011...

Discrimination and negative discourse against Roma and Sinti must stop, say participants at OSCE human rights conference

Publishing date: 6 October 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Governments in OSCE participating States urgently need to tackle persistent discrimination and negative public and political discourse targeting Roma and Sinti. They are unfortunately frequent targets of prejudiced portrayals by politicians and public officials, said participants at the OSCE's annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 5 October...

OSCE human rights chief welcomes declaration of official Roma genocide remembrance day in Poland

Publishing date: 29 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 29 July 2011 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), welcomed today’s decision by the Polish parliament to declare 2 August as the official Roma and Sinti Genocide Remembrance Day...

OSCE launches Romanian version of guide on building trust between police and Roma

Publishing date: 8 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing, Roma and Sinti
The Romanian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched at a meeting in Romania’s parliament on 8 July 2011...

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 Mission to Skopje supports social inclusion of street children

Publishing date: 24 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 24 November 2009- A workshop supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje to promote the social inclusion of street children and their families started in Strumica today...

OSCE holds expert meeting on building trust between police and Roma and Sinti communities

Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 28 October 2009- A two-day OSCE experts' workshop looking at ways to build trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities started today in Vienna...