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Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner addresses OSCE, stresses need to co-operate to confront negative trends

Publishing date: 2 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 2 February 2012 – The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, in today’s address to the OSCE Permanent Council emphasized the need for the Council or Europe, the OSCE and other international actors to further co-operate to counter negative developments in relation to human rights issues...

OSCE PA human rights chair welcomes release of Zhovtis: Mecacci calls on Kazakhstan to release all political prisoners

Publishing date: 1 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 1 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee chair Matteo Mecacci (Italy) today welcomed the news that Kazakhstani authorities are set to release imprisoned human rights defender Yvgeny Zhovtis under a general amnesty later this month...

Efthymiou, Soares meet OSCE Chair-in-Office in Dublin

Publishing date: 1 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
DUBLIN, 1 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou expressed support today for the Irish Chairmanship agenda, including internet freedom and conflict resolution, during a meeting with Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore...

OSCE rights chief welcomes decision to release Zhovtis, but expresses concern about clampdown on Kazakh opposition

Publishing date: 1 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 1 February 2012 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today welcomed the decision by a court in Ust-Kamenogorsk to release prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis, but expressed concern about the continuing clampdown on opposition activities in Kazakhstan in the wake of December’s violence in Zhanaozen and parliamentary elections held earlier this month...

Serbian translation of manual on police and Roma and Sinti presented in Belgrade

Publishing date: 1 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Policing
The Serbian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched on 1 February 2012 in Belgrade. It will be disseminated among staff of Serbian institutions, notably the Interior Ministry, to be used in their work...

OSCE Mission to Skopje decentralization assessment shows progress, highlights further challenges

Publishing date: 1 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization
SKOPJE, 1 February 2012 – Positive trends in decentralizing powers from central to local government have been observed over the past five years, but new challenges lie ahead, concludes an OSCE report on the decentralization process presented in Skopje today...

Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports fight against narcotics trade

Publishing date: 1 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Policing
TASHKENT, 1 February 2012 – Combating the illicit traffic of drugs was the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop for regional experts from Uzbekistan’s National Information and Analytical Center on Drug Circulation held today in Tashkent...