November 2012
Conference
Conference on Strengthening Regional Co-operation, Criminal-Justice Institutions and Rule-of-Law Capacities to Prevent and Combat Terrorism and Radicalization That Leads to Terrorism
The conference’s primary goal is to encourage efforts aimed at increasing international capacity to uphold the rule of law while protecting and promoting human rights within a counter-terrorism context by instituting adequate criminal…
Conference
Rights of Roma returnees in Serbia
Matthew Newton, Roma Programme and Policy Co-ordinator at the OSCE Mission to Serbia, will speak at a roundtable meeting organized as part of a project implemented by the Roma Education Creative Centre in Belgrade and supported by the Rosa…
Training
Safety of journalists during public demonstrations
The Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media will host a one-day training seminar for 30 journalists and representatives of law-enforcement agencies responsible for training police on security issues during public demonstrations…
Seminar
Regional seminar on integrated water-resources management in Central Asia
The purpose of this one-day seminar is to facilitate discussions and exchange views and practices related to the application of integrated water-resources management in the Central Asia. The workshop will also address such issues as…
Conference
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedom of Assembly and Association
This Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) will provide a forum to exchange views on how the full implementation of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association can be advanced and protected to encourage inclusive and…
Training
Training for judges and prosecutors on international humanitarian law
During this two-day seminar, 32 judges and prosecutors will receive training on the modes of liability inducing individual criminal responsibility under international humanitarian and criminal law. The different modes of liability will…
Conference
Towards Transparency 2.0 – Focus on Media Concentration
Andrey Rikhter, Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will participate in a panel addressing media concentration in the digital age at the 20th-anniversary meeting of the European Audiovisual Observatory…
Conference
Press Meeting with Azerbaijani Journalists
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, will meet the press at 13:45 on 7 November at the Sheraton Hotel in Baku to discuss the situation…
Conference
Seventh Annual Internet Governance Forum
At 11:00 on 7 November, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will speak at an open forum involving representatives of the Council of Europe, the European Union and the United Nations on the safety of online…
General event
OSCE visit for Central Asian students
Five students, one from each of the five countries of Central Asia, who participated in the 2012 Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) seminar, will travel to Vienna to visit the OSCE Secretariat to familiarize themselves with the OSCE and its…
Roundtable
Civil Society Forum on Freedom of Assembly and Association
The OSCE Chair-in-Office will be holding a Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on 8-9 November 2012 in Vienna dedicated to the issues of freedom of peaceful assembly and association. The exercise of both of these fundamental rights…
Training
Presentation of corruption map of public procurement in Serbia
The purpose of this event is to inform experts, state bodies, civil society organizations and other interested parties about solutions proposed by the corruption map of public procurement, which is aimed at preventing corruption and…
Training
Effective Interaction between Government Spokespersons and Journalists to Promote Public Access to Information
The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will hold a training seminar on press/government spokesperson relations and acess to information, for journalists and government officials from Azerbaijan.
Training
Training course on identification, referral and assistance for trafficked persons
The OSCE Office in Baku will organize a training course for government agencies and civil society organizations with a mandate to provide assistance and referral to trafficked persons. A group of 15 participants from multidisciplinary…
General event
Speech at the European Parliament on Media Freedom
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, spoke by video-link on 6 November about media freedom in the European Union at a hearing of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European…
Workshop
Study visit for national-minority applicants to Police Basic-Training Centre in Sremska Kamenica
Some 50 young men and women from national-minority communities in south Serbia who are interested in joining the police service will begin a three-day visit to the Police Basic-Training Centre in Sremska Kamenica on 6 November 2012…