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Global media freedom rapporteurs call for less regulation in the digital era, but more care for public service and community broadcasting

Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
GENEVA/PRETORIA/VIENNA/WASHINGTON, 14 Dec 2007- Media freedom rapporteurs of the UN, the OSCE, the OAS and the ACHPR issued joint guidelines on the new role and scope of government involvement in safeguarding diversity in the era of digital broadcast...

OSCE-ILO-IOM present handbook on managing migration in the Mediterranean region

Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Migration
RABAT, 12 December 2007- Enhanced co-operation and more targeted policies are needed to effectively manage increasingly complex labour migration patterns in the Mediterranean, argues a new handbook presented today by the OSCE...

OSCE workshop discusses compensation for trafficked persons

Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BARCELONA, 12 December 2007- Compensating victims of trafficking is the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that concludes today in Barcelona...

OSCE media watchdog calls for protection of sources law in France after journalist charged over intelligence leaks

Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 December 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today called upon the French government to introduce, as pledged, measures to ensure the protection of journalistic sources...

OSCE supports interagency co-operation to fight transnational organized crime

Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
VIENNA, 12 December 2007- Enhancing co-operation between police, prosecutors and judges in organized crime investigations is the focus of an expert meeting that began in Vienna today. More than 50 experts will participate in the meeting...

OSCE helps develop comprehensive anti-trafficking response in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 11 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 11 December 2007- Developing a comprehensive response to human trafficking in Azerbaijan is the aim of new project that was launched with a workshop in Baku today...

OSCE Centre in Astana promotes anti-trafficking standards and mechanisms

Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 10 December 2007- International standards and practices in the fight against trafficking in human beings, as well as relevant domestic laws and their implementation, are the focus of two regional seminars organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...