VIENNA, 30 October 2014 – While times of economic crisis can impose severe budgetary conditions on States, addressing these constraints cannot come at the cost of ignoring the responsibilities States have for the protection and promotion of human rights, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna.
The meeting, organized by the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), brought together representatives of governments and civil society organizations focusing on human rights issues from the Organization’s 57 participating States and its Partners for Co-operation.
Swiss Ambassador Thomas Greminger, the Chairperson …read more
Source: OSCE