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OSCE Special Representative calls for better protection of trafficking victims' rights in criminal proceedings

Publishing date: 2 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law
ROME, 2 February 2011 – Courts should protect trafficked persons' rights and enable them to take an active role throughout criminal proceedings, said Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today in a high-level roundtable meeting organized by the Italian National Judicial Council...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes adoption of access-to-information law in Ukraine, urges further reform

Publishing date: 16 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Rule of law
VIENNA, 17 January 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, commended today the recent adoption of a comprehensive access-to-information law by the Ukrainian parliament, calling it “a considerable step towards government transparency”...

Hungarian media law further endangers media freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 21 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism, Rule of law
VIENNA, 22 December 2010 – Hungary's new media law violates OSCE media freedom standards and endangers editorial independence and media pluralism, Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today...

OSCE Mission to Moldova launches campaign against gender-based violence

Publishing date: 25 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law
CHISINAU, 25 November 2010-The OSCE Mission to Moldova today launched a series of awareness-raising activities, including continuing performances of a play, as part of the international 16-Day Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence...

Statement by OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women

Publishing date: 24 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 24 November 2010- On the occasion of 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement...

OSCE Centre helps strengthen gender sensitivity in southwestern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 19 November 2010- Addressing gender issues such as domestic violence, bride kidnapping, polygamy and early marriage were the central theme of an OSCE-supported conference held today in Jalal-Abad...

All journalists imprisoned because of their work should be set free, OSCE media freedom representative says

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 November 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic welcomed Azerbaijani authorities' release today of a second jailed Azerbaijani blogger and urged that authorities also set free a journalist...