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Hate crimes in focus at OSCE police experts meeting

Publishing date: 29 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 29 October 2009. A two-day police experts meeting on hate crimes and effective law enforcement co-operation started in Vienna today.

Women in the crossfire: OSCE organizes roundtable discussion on gender and security

Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 28 October 2009. The UK Chairmanship of the Forum for Security Co-operation, together with the OSCE Gender Section, organized a roundtable meeting today looking at the gender perspective in conflict resolution and disarmament strategies.

OSCE raises judges' capacity to respond to human trafficking in Ukraine

Publishing date: 15 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Education, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
KYIV, 15 October 2009- An OSCE-supported conference on the protection of the rights of trafficked persons and the prosecution of traffickers started in Kyiv today.

OSCE media freedom representative deplores latest imprisonments of journalists for defamation in Azerbaijan, calls for urgent reform

Publishing date: 14 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 14 October 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti condemned today recent criminal defamation trials in Azerbaijan which resulted in the conviction of five journalists, with two receiving prison sentences...

OSCE holds expert meeting on building trust between police, Roma communities

Publishing date: 28 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law
VIENNA, 28 September 2009- A police experts' workshop held today in Vienna looked at good practices that can help build trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities...

OSCE organizes meeting to promote Central Asian law enforcement co-operation in combating organized crime

Publishing date: 1 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
ASTANA, 1 July 2009- An OSCE-supported meeting in Astana brought seven Deputy Interior Ministers and more than 50 high-level officials from the criminal justice sector together today...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports development of comprehensive anti-trafficking law in Ukraine

Publishing date: 30 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law
KYIV, 30 June 2009- A public hearing on Ukraine's draft law on combating human trafficking, drafted with assistance of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (OSCE PCU), was held in Kyiv today...