November 2011
Conference
Our Internet -- Our Rights, Our Freedoms: Toward the Council of Europe Strategy on Internet Governance 2012-2015
On Friday morning, 25 November, Representative Mijatovic will be a panelist at a high-level session discussing "What are the governments' responsibilities in protecting human rights on the Internet?" with Frank LaRue, the UN Rapporteur on…
Workshop
Workshop on implementation of Universal Anti-terrorist Instruments (UATI)
The workshop, together with the participation of representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s state structures and international experts, will focus on elaborating priority directions for improving Kyrgyzstan’s current legal base in accordance with the…
Conference
International Day to End Impunity Live Q & A
Director Andrey Rikhter will take part in a live webcam question and answer session with international freedom of expression experts regarding ending impunity toward journalists' assailants as part of International Day to End Impunity.
Conference
Conference on results of the anti-trafficking National Referral Mechanism piloting in Donetsk region
Based on the results of the needs assessment conducted in 2009-2011, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supported piloting of the Ukrainian National Referral Mechanism to assist victims of human trafficking in Donetsk and Chernivtsi…
Conference
Safety of Journalists: Towards a more effective international protection framework
Principal Adviser Roland Bless will participate in a day-long event discussing ways to improve protection afforded to journalists worldwide.
General event
21st Annual ceremony to benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists; 2011 Press Freedom Awards
Representative Mijatovic will attend the ceremony to honor the 2011 Press Freedom Awards recipients. They include Natalya Radina of Charter97.org in Belarus. Also attending will be a 2009 award recipient, Eynulla Fatullayev of Azerbaijan.
General event
Gender equality campaign launch
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo will launch a gender equality awareness-raising campaign in support of the Prishtinë/Priština region’s eight municipal women caucuses. Municipal women caucuses are informal advocacy groups established with the…
Training
Training on combating corruption within law enforcement agencies
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is organizing one-week training on combating corruption within law enforcement agencies for 21 high level representatives from the police, customs, Police Inspectorate of Kosovo, Special Prosecutor's Office and…
Conference
Model OSCE Conference
Young people from all over Armenia can participate in the Model OSCE Conference to be held on 18-19 November 2011 in Yerevan. The deadline for submitting application forms is 6:00pm, on 23 September. The selected participants will be…
Roundtable
Roundtable on human trafficking in the south of Kyrgyzstan
Organized within the framework of the OSCE’s project on preventing trafficking in human beings in southern Kyrgyzstan, the event will focus on declaring the results of the OSCE-supported survey on human trafficking challenges that emerged…
Workshop
Municipal Safety Councils’ end-of-year workshop
The representatives of four Municipal Safety Councils from Valjevo, Loznica, Becej and Vranje, whose projects were funded this year by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, will meet for a end-of-year workshop in Zlatibor. Municipal Safety Councils…
Roundtable
Roundtable on Trafficking in Human Beings
The roundtable will be devoted to the discussion of the results of the survey conducted in the south of Kyrgyzstan on the known risk factors on trafficking in human beings after the June 2010 events. The recommendations will be included in…
Training
Training for border guards of Osh Province on the most recent laws on border and the code of ethics of border guards
A two-day training focused on introducing an updated code of conduct and the ethics of border guard officials as to how they should interact with border area residents during border incidents, will be held for 20 senior border guard…
Conference
Combating hate speech in South-Eastern Europe
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will open and participate in a conference called "Living Together," on combating hate speech with media and officials of self-regulatory organizations in South-Eastern Europe…
Seminar
Public Lecture by William Hill in Tiraspol
General event
Co-ordination security meeting on border management
The meeting is organized within the framework of the project “Developing early warning and conflict prevention capacity and mechanisms in border areas in Osh and Jalal-Abad Provinces” and will focus on the security trends in border areas of…