Event Archive
June 2014
Conference
Western Balkans Regional Conference on Hate Speech
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will participate in an international conference on hate speech in the Western Balkans region. The Representative will give the opening remarks at the conference and also…
Roundtable
Roundtable on State-Church Co-operation in the area of public education and military service
The roundtable will gather representatives from state agencies, religious and educational institutions, international organizations and experts to discuss and identify ways of co-operation between the Church and state agencies with regard…
Conference
Media and journalism in South East Europe – Captured by particular interests or turning to serve the public?
Staff from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in a central regional conference on media freedom in South East Europe. Participants at the South East European Media Observatory will present and…
Seminar
OSCE Centre in Astana facilitates seminar for prosecutors on supporting the state prosecution in court
As part of its activities on strengthening the capacity-building of law enforcement agencies, the OSCE Centre co-organizes the two-day seminar for regional prosecutors to be held in Aktobe, Western Kazakhstan. The event is aimed at…
Conference
Changing Media and Democracy: 25 Years of Media Freedom and Public Sphere in Central and East Europe
The Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Andrey Rikhter, will attend and be a keynote speaker at the 7th International Central and East European Media Conference “Changing Media and Democracy: 25 Years…
Workshop
Trans-regional workshop on enhancing co-operation in combating irregular migration and smuggling of migrants through South-Easter Europe, Athens, Greece
This workshop is the fourth and final phase of the project “Strengthening understanding of the link between irregular migration and transnational crimes impacting migrants in irregular situation” jointly organized by the OSCE, International…
Roundtable
Presentation of results within the project, “Roma women and men and security sector reform in Serbia”
This is a 10-months long project which has been based on the data gathered from focus group duscussions and interviews with the representatives of the Roma woman and men, police departments and NGOs in Kragujevac, Nis, Vranje, Bujanovac…
Conference
Transparency Summit
Staff from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in a workshop on transparency on the Internet which will gather stakeholders across academia, civil society, industry, politics and media. The…
Meeting
26th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will participate in a panel discussion on journalists' safety at the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Conference
Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
Sexual violence in conflict destroys lives and damages communities. The Foreign Secretary and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, will co-chair the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on 10…
Conference
BlogOpen-BlogClosed
Staff from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in a conference on freedom expression on the Internet in Serbia. The conference includes a panel discussion on how to promote, protect and uphold…
Roundtable
Good practices to enhance implementation of preventive measures of the terrorist bombings convention
This roundtable seminar aims to raise awareness and to share experiences to better implement preventive measures of the international legal framework against terrorism. The event will be led by experts from Belgium, Spain, United Kingdom…
Roundtable
Panel discussion, Challenges for media freedom on the local level
The discussion is initiated by Local Press, an association of local independent media, due to the new forms of violations of media freedoms on the local level that have been spotted in the Local Press’ recent reports on state of media…
Conference
The OSCE and Human Rights Defenders: The Budapest Document 20 Years On
At the Budapest Summit in 1994, the OSCE participating States confirmed that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law is an essential component of security and co-operation in the region. They…
Training
Training on information security for law enforcement
This training will be delivered in two sessions: Session 1: 9-13 June Session 2: 16-20 June. The first session aims at providing a basic understanding of techniques behind different cyber attacks and experience with tools to better secure…
Roundtable
Roundtable discussion to further enhance Kazakhstan’s political party system
This roundtable will bring together political-party leaders, government officials, experts and representatives of civil society to discuss ways to enhance the country’s political party system. The respective recommendations proposed by…