2004 Briefing Surveys Human Rights of Russia's Roma Population October 15 OSCE Conference Focuses on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination October 05 Helsinki Commission Holds Hearing on Advancing Democracy in Albania October 04 OSCE Economic Forum Focuses on Investment and Small Business Development August 31 Helsinki Commission Briefing Examines Religious Freedom in the Caucasus August 12 U.S. Delegation Makes Major Contributions to OSCE PA Annual Session in Edinburgh August 06 Helsinki Commission Leadership Engage Heads of Nine CIS Countries July 28 OSCE Election Commitments Reaffirmed July 23 Government Actions to Combat Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region July 16 Uzbekistan’s Human Rights Record Spurs State Department De-Certification July 16 Commission Hearing Surveys Human Rights in Putin’s Russia July 02 Activists Brief Commission on the War in Chechnya, Civil Society and Military Reform in Russia July 01 OSCE Meeting Examines Hate Crimes and Racist, Xenophobic and Anti-Semitic Internet Propaganda June 30 Helsinki Commission Briefing Sheds Light on Russia’s Human Rights Situation June 30 Uncovering Collusion, Reforming Northern Ireland Police Focus of Helsinki Commission Hearings May 28 Helsinki Commissioners Active at Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting April 20 OSCE Chair-in-Office Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy Testifies before Commission April 08 Helsinki Commission Briefing Highlights OSCE’s Military Dimension of Security March 23 Strong Substance, Potent Politics Mark Historic Maastricht OSCE Ministerial Council January 16    2003 Romania: Moving Toward NATO and the EU December 22 Parliamentary Assembly Convenes on Religious Freedom, Mediterranean Issues December 19 Helsinki Commission Reviews Work of Tribunal for War Crimes in the former Yugoslavia December 11 Helsinki Commission Members Engage Government Leaders at Annual Human Rights Review December 10 Commission Hearing Looked Ahead to Maastricht Ministerial December 03 Frank Assessment Presented on State of Rights in Russia December 03 Helsinki Commission Briefing Highlights OSCE Police-Related Activities December 03 Further Assault Against Activists in Belarus November 25 Helsinki Commission Reviews OSCE Dutch Leadership November 26 Deplorable Human Rights Conditions Recalled at Helsinki Commission Hearing on Chechnya November 21 Helsinki Commission on Property Restitution Issues November 05 Criminal Defamation and "Insult" Laws: A Summary of Free Speech Developments in Armenia October 28 Democracy and Human Rights in Mediterranean Focus of Commission Briefing October 28 Relatives Testify of Struggles to Resolve Missing Persons Cases in Former Yugoslavia September 25 U.S. Delegation Active in OSCE PA Rotterdam Annual Session August 27 Mayor Giuliani, Chairman Smith Lead U.S. Delegation to OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism August 19 OSCE Holds First Annual Security Review Conference August 06 Helsinki Commission Examines Plight of Internally Displaced Persons August 01 From the Bad to the Worst ... Helsinki Commission Hearing Sets Sites on Arms Sales to Rogue Regimes July 07 Helsinki Commission Members Press Belgrade to Apprehend Indicted War Criminals, Cooperate with Hague Tribunal July 07 Human Rights in Chechnya Focus of Helsinki Commission Briefing June 02 OSCE Parliamentarians Vow to Confront Anti-Semitism March 06 Parliamentarians Organize to Combat Corruption January 27 Hearing Surveys Human Rights in Republic of Georgia January 15 Commission Survey’s Bush Administration’s Policy toward the OSCE January 15 Turkey’s Post-Election Future Focus of Helsinki Commission Briefing January 07    2002 Parliamentary Forum Launches Process to Confront Anti-Semitism December 18 Commission Staff Meet with Georgian Officials while Religious Persecution Persists December 13 U.S. Delegation Pursues Broad Agenda at Berlin Parliamentary Assembly Session November 19 Commission Holds Briefing on “Ethnic and Religious Intolerance in Today’s Russia” November 19 Property Restitution Efforts Examined October 10 Commission Hearing Surveys State of Ethnic Relations in Kosovo August 06 Berlin Forum Highlights Disturbing Rise in Anti-Semitism August 06 UPDATED Criminal Defamation and “Insult” Laws: A Summary of Free Speech Developments in Romania June 20 Hearing Addresses Dramatic Increase in Anti-Semitic Attacks Across Europe June 17 Commission Hearing Examines Cooperation in the War on Terrorism in the OSCE Region June 04 Criminal Defamation and “Insult” Laws: A Summary of Free Speech Developments in Romania May 24 Hearing Focuses on Russian-Chechen War May 16 OSCE Seminar on Judicial Systems and Human Rights May 14 Georgian Government Complicity in Mob Violence Against Minority Religious Groups May 03 Central Asia Focus of Commission Briefings April 23 Commission Staff Observes Ukrainian Elections April 23 Cyprus Talks Focus of Commission Briefing April 10 Upcoming Ukraine Parliamentary Elections Focus of Briefing March 08 OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Delegation Visits Ukraine February 14 Anti-Terrorism Conference Held in Bishkek February 12 Commission Holds Hearing on Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan January 17 Criminal Defamation and “Insult” Laws: A Summary of Free Speech Developments in the Czech Republic January 09    2001 U.S. Special Coordinator for Cyprus Briefs Commission as Talks Renew in Nicosia December 14 Criminal Defamation and “Insult” Laws: A Summary of Free Speech Developments in Slovakia December 14 Helsinki Commission Hearing Examines Situation in Moldova December 05 Helsinki Commission Examines U.S. Policy Toward the OSCE November 16 Roadblock to Religious Liberty: Religious Registration Policies in the OSCE Region November 16 Missed Opportunity in Belarus September 14 Helsinki Commissioners Play Key Role in United States Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly August 24    2000 July-August | 2000 February-April | 2000 January | 2000    1999 December | 1999 November | 1999 October | 1999 September | 1999 August | 1999 July | 1999 June | 1999 May | 1999 April | 1999 March | 1999 February | 1999 January | 1999    1998 December | 1998 November | 1998 August | 1998 July | 1998 June | 1998 May | 1998 April | 1998 February | 1998 January | 1998    1997 September | 1997 December | 1997 November | 1997 October | 1997 September | 1997 August | 1997 July | 1997 June | 1997 May | 1997 April | 1997 March | 1997 February | 1997 January | 1997    1996 December | 1996 November | 1996 October | 1996 September | 1996 July | 1996