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OSCE human rights office trains Polish women leaders in political leadership

Publishing date: 13 August 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Promoting the role of women as political party decision-makers and candidates for public office ahead of 2014 local elections was the focus of a training session co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw from 12 to 13 August 2013...

OSCE Mission to Skopje calls upon all communities to keep dynamics of Ohrid Framework Agreement process

Publishing date: 13 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SKOPJE, 13 August 2013- Today, the OSCE Mission to Skopje is honouring the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA), signed exactly 12 years ago on this day that brought an end to an armed conflict by codifying equitable rights and representation of all ethnic communities...

OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack against Montenegrin journalist, calls for swift investigation

Publishing date: 12 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 August 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned an attack on Tufik Softić, a journalist with the daily newspaper Vijesti and the weekly Monitor and called on the authorities to provide protection for the journalist, and carry out a swift and thorough investigation...

ODIHR Director saddened by death of Nicolae Gheorghe, architect of OSCE work on Roma issues

Publishing date: 9 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 9 August 2013 – The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, expressed sadness today at the death of Nicolae Gheorghe, a prominent Roma human rights activist and former ODIHR Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti issues...

OSCE Special Representative calls for stronger criminal justice response to human trafficking, including through confiscation

Publishing date: 9 August 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said at an international seminar for judges in Haifa, Israel that took place from 5 to 8 August 2013 that trafficked people’s legal rights must be upheld in court and that the overall criminal justice response must be strengthened...

Acting Head of OSCE Presence in Albania supports People’s Advocate’s appeal for legal solution in Roma eviction case

Publishing date: 7 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 7 August 2013 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Robert Wilton, called today on the police, the judiciary and the Municipality of Tirana to respond to the call by the People’s Advocate for a legal response to the situation with Roma families threatened with eviction from their homes...

OSCE Office donates computers to community police stations in Yerevan

Publishing date: 7 August 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Policing
As part of the OSCE Office in Yerevan’s ongoing support to the community policing development 15 computers were donated on 7 August 2013 to community police stations in Yerevan...