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OSCE Chairperson meets Tunisian authorities, discusses priority needs for OSCE assistance

Publishing date: 16 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Partners for Co-operation
TUNIS, 16 April 2010 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in meetings today with the country’s leadership said that the OSCE stood ready to assist Tunisia during the transition period to build and consolidate democracy...

Expert meeting on enhancing the OSCE’s early warning capacity

Publishing date: 15 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 15 April 2011 – Developing a more systematic, comprehensive and cross-dimensional early warning capacity to enhance the OSCE’s capability to prevent and respond to emerging crisis situations is the focus of an expert meeting in Vienna today...

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...

OSCE media freedom representative condemns violence against journalist in Nicosia

Publishing date: 11 April 2011
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, 11 April 2011- Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, strongly condemned today the bomb attack that targeted Mutlu Esendemir, editor of television station Kanal T in Nicosia in northern Cyprus...

The criminal justice response to trafficking should be more effective, says OSCE Special Representative

Publishing date: 6 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Criminal justice response practices require significant change to strengthen anti-trafficking action, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said during an international training seminar focusing on penal law, migration, trafficking and international co-operation, in Rome on 5 April.

OSCE media freedom representative says Belarus government should stop harassment of journalists

Publishing date: 5 April 2011
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, 5 April 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today she is concerned about persistent reports that pressure is mounting against domestic and foreign journalists in Belarus...

OSCE media freedom representative presents study showing that more than 50 journalists are imprisoned in Turkey, calls for legal reforms

Publishing date: 4 April 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, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 April 2011- Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today asked Turkish authorities to bring the country's media legislation in line with OSCE commitments on media freedom following the release by her Office of a study that shows 57 journalists are imprisoned in Turkey...