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OSCE-supported webinars discuss role of lawyers, NGO and media representatives in preserving diverse societies in times of COVID-19
Publishing date: 14 December 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
More than 60 lawyers, NGO and media representatives from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River participated in three online webinars on non-discrimination, inter-ethnic relations and national minorities, held in late November and early December 2020. They were organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and delivered by Professor Frederick John Packer, Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa...
OSCE-supported event focuses on Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 23 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: National minority issues
On 23 and 24 November 2020, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan is organizing a roundtable conference to discuss the main points of the Lund Recommendations and good practices from the OSCE area and Uzbekistan. The National Human Rights Centre of Uzbekistan and the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities jointly organized the event.
OSCE enhances capacities of Moldovan institutions in promoting rights of national minorities
Publishing date: 11 November 2020
In order to build effective national institutions for the protection of national minorities, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a series of four online webinars from 2 to 6 November 2020 on conflict resolution for a coalition of public agencies, which promote and protect the rights of national minorities in the country...
OSCE Presence in Albania supports holding 2020 Human Rights and Minorities Academy
Publishing date: 2 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
The Albanian Human Rights Group (AHRG), in close co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized an annual online—on-site 2020 Human Rights and Minorities Academy, from 27 October to 1 November 2020...
Economic consequences of COVID-19 on national minorities and importance of post-pandemic recovery policies focus of OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, National minority issues
National minorities and other vulnerable groups are at risk of paying the highest costs of COVID-19’s economic consequences, said participants of an online discussion hosted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) on 30 October 2020...
OSCE parliamentarians share national experiences on questions of autonomy at high-level forum
Publishing date: 29 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 29 September 2020 – Balanced integration policies, supported by carefully negotiated forms of territorial autonomy, are key to preventing the risks, crises and conflicts possibly resulting from the increasing diversity within our societies, participants heard today at an online forum initiated and hosted by the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Focused specifically on the Moldovan experience with regional autonomy, the event was co-hosted with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Moldovan Parliament, and was addressed by PA President George Tsereteli (Georgia)...
Progress and challenges over three decades of safeguarding democracy and human rights: OSCE webinar series begins today
Publishing date: 28 September 2020
Content type: Press release
WARSAW/VIENNA, 28 September 2020 – The increasing challenges to the rights and freedoms at the heart of the OSCE commitments to human rights and democracy made 30 years ago, as well as the need for a greater understanding that only a dialogue based on mutual respect will enable us to overcome our common challenges, form the backdrop for a month-long series of webinars beginning today...