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OSCE meeting on preventing racism and hate crimes begins with calls for greater efforts to combat intolerance

Publishing date: 10 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 10 November 2011 – A two-day OSCE meeting aimed at identifying ways to prevent racism, xenophobia and hate crimes began today with calls for greater efforts to combat hatred and intolerance...

More political leadership and media engagement needed to confront anti-Muslim rhetoric, say OSCE meeting participants

Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 28 October, 2011 – OSCE participating States’ governments and other key actors must challenge intolerant public discourse against Muslims, while preserving freedom of expression, concluded participants at an OSCE high-level meeting...

OSCE Presence in Albania, Anti-discrimination Commissioner discuss ways to reduce discrimination in school

Publishing date: 11 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Youth, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination organized a meeting on 11 April 2011 to discuss how to reduce discrimination in school...

National contact points on combating hate crime meet in Warsaw

Publishing date: 16 November 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
ODIHR's third annual meeting for its network of national contact points on combating hate crime got under way in Warsaw on 16 November, International Day of Tolerance.

Gender and comprehensive security in focus at annual OSCE, UN and Council of Europe meeting

Publishing date: 14 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 14 June 2010- Achieving peace and stability requires equal inclusion of both women and men, OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said today at a meeting between the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the United Nations...

OSCE hosts forum on women's participation in political life in Ukraine

Publishing date: 28 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
KYIV, 28 May 2010- A forum on promoting the participation and representation of women in the political life of Ukraine was organized today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE...

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...