OSCE and Mediterranean partner countries will meet in Palermo, Italy, to discuss large movements of migrants and refugees

VIENNA/ROME, 19 October 2017 – Representatives of the 57 OSCE participating States, the six OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation – Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia – and several international organizations will meet in Palermo, Italy, on 24 and 25 October to explore successful co-operative approaches to large movements of migrants and refugees across the Euro-Mediterranean region…
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MEDIA ADVISORY

REMINDER: OSCE and Mediterranean partner countries will meet in Palermo, Italy, to discuss large movements of migrants and refugees
VIENNA/ROME, 19 October 2017 – Representatives of the 57 OSCE participating States, the six OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation – Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia – and several international organizations will meet in Palermo, Italy, on 24 and 25 October to explore successful co-operative approaches to large movements of migrants and refugees across the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Angelino Alfano, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz (TBC) and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger will deliver opening speeches on 24 October at 09:30 am.

In the subsequent high-level political session, the participating ministers and other high-level delegates will exchange views on advancing Mediterranean security and co-operation in an age of large movements of migrants and refugees, including security-related issues. This platform will provide an opportunity for the countries in the Mediterranean Basin and beyond to put forward ideas for turning emergencies and crises arising from migration into opportunities for renewed regional and international co-operation.

The conference will be closed by Italian Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Enzo Amendola and a representative of next year’s Slovak Chairmanship of the OSCE Mediterranean Contact Group.

OSCE has been holding annual conferences with its Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation since 1995. In accordance with OSCE Convention, the Mediterranean Contact Group is chaired by the upcoming OSCE Chairmanship.

The Conference will take place at the Grand Hotel Villa Igiea, Salita Belmonte 43, Palermo, Italy.

The following events will be open to media representatives:

Monday, 23 October

Villa Chiaramonte Bordonaro ai Colli (via del Fante 64, Palermo)

15.00-16.30 – Side event “Youth, community identities and religion freedom in the Mediterranean”, with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Angelino Alfano
Palazzo dei Normanni (Piazza del Parlamento, 1)

13:30-17:00 – Side event entitled “Women, Peace and Security: A Gender Perspective on the Future of the MENA Region”, organized by the Track II New-Med Research Network and the 2017 Italian Chairmanship of the Mediterranean Contact Group. The discussion will focus on the importance of enhancing women’s role in the Mediterranean security context. (Sala Pio La Torre – third floor)
17:30 – Press conference of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sala Stampa – third floor)
18:30 – Welcoming Address to Head of Delegations (Sala Piersanti Mattarella).(Photographers and Camera operators only. This event will also be livestreamed in a separate room)
Tuesday, 24 October (Grand Hotel Villa Igiea, Salita Belmonte 43)

09:00 – Arrivals of Head of Delegations (Photographers and Camera operators only)
09:30 – Opening remarks (Photographers and Camera operators only. This event will also be livestreamed in a separate room.)
12:00 – Family photo (Photographers and Camera operators only)
15:00 – Press conference of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wednesday, 25 October

12:00 Concluding remarks (Photographers and Camera operators only. This event will also be livestreamed in a separate room.)
Media representatives who wish to attend the Conference, the side events or arrange an interview are kindly requested to apply for accreditation by 20 October, Friday, 18:00,

either:

by filling out the interactive form and clicking on the event concerned at the link http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ENG/Indice.asp, attaching thereto, unless already provided, the documentation requested in digital format (letter from the media organization and, for representatives of foreign media, also a Note Verbale issued by the Italian Embassy in the media organization’s country).
or:

by sending an email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation’s Institutional Press and Communication Service at the following address: [email protected] (Tel. + 39 06/3691.3432 or 8573 or 8210), attaching thereto the letter from his/her media organization (or press card) and, for members of the foreign press, a Note Verbale issued by the Italian Embassy of the media organization’s country.
Due to logistic reasons, TV crews and photojournalists wanting to shoot the events may be pooled into groups, the size of which will be determined by the Press Service of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Discussions can also be followed on Twitter at @OSCE or by using the hashtag #OSCEMed.

The agenda and more information about the event are available here.

For PDF attachments or links to sources of further information, please visit: http://www.osce.org/partners-for-cooperation/mediterranean/350851

Contacts:

Communication and Media Relations Section

Phone: + 43 676 71 74 592
[email protected]

Regolamento europeo in materia di protezione dei dati personali

Corte dei Conti Dati Sanitari Diffusi Illecitamente Online

Corte dei Conti Dati Sanitari Diffusi Illecitamente Online

Nuovo Regolamento europeo in materia di protezione dei dati personali.

Il testo – pubblicato sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale dell’Unione Europea (GUUE) lo scorso 4 maggio – diventerà definitivamente applicabile in via diretta in tutti i Paesi UE a partire dal 25 maggio 2018, quando dovrà essere garantito il perfetto allineamento fra la normativa nazionale in materia di protezione dati e le disposizioni del Regolamento.

Il Regolamento è parte del cosiddetto Pacchetto protezione dati, l’insieme normativo che definisce un nuovo quadro comune in materia di tutela dei dati personali per tutti gli Stati membri dell’UE e comprende anche la Direttiva in materia di trattamento dati personali nei settori di prevenzione, contrasto e repressione dei crimini. La Direttiva, pubblicata in GUUE insieme al Regolamento e vigente dallo scorso 5 maggio, dovrà essere recepita dagli Stati membri entro 2 anni.

Sul sito del Garante per la protezione dei dati personali è disponibile una pagina informativa (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/pacchettoprotezionedati) che ha illustrato finora l’iter normativo del Pacchetto e che sarà progressivamente arricchita con aggiornamenti e materiali informativi e di approfondimento.

Defamation penalty in Italy needs to be considered for its effect on free expression, OSCE media representative says

83944VIENNA, 26 May 2016 – The Italian Senate should consider pending legislation that would increase the maximum penalty to 9 years in jail for criminally defaming elected officials and judges in light of its effect on free expression, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today.

The current maximum penalty is 6 years.

“This initiative is detrimental because jail terms are a disproportionate punishment for defamation,” Mijatović said. “To increase the penalty creates a chilling effect that is harmful to investigative journalism.”

Defamation laws should not be tools for politicians and those in authority to silence critical voices, she added, noting that public figures should withstand a higher degree of scrutiny and criticism because of their public roles.

Mijatović has long campaigned for the complete decriminalization in the OSCE region.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media observes media developments in all 57 OSCE participating States. She provides early warning on violations of freedom of expression and media freedom and promotes full compliance with OSCE media freedom commitments. Learn more at www.osce.org/fom, Twitter: @OSCE_RFoM and on www.facebook.com/osce.rfom.

Più Privacy sulla Salute anche nelle Sentenze Online

Corte dei Conti Dati Sanitari Diffusi Illecitamente Online

“Appare pertanto illecita la diffusione delle generalità del ricorrente, con riferimento ad un provvedimento giurisdizionale, ove si indicava il suo stato di salute e le sue invalidità… Relativamente ai dati idonei a rivelare lo stato di salute, esiste uno specifico divieto di diffusione anche per i soggetti pubblici.
La salvaguardia dei diritti degli interessati attraverso un oscuramento delle loro generalità, non pregiudica la finalità di informazioni giuridica, ma può risultare necessaria nella prospettiva di un bilanciamento dei diversi interessi per tutelare la sfera di riservatezza dei soggetti coinvolti.
Più specificamente nel settore civile vanno omessi, anche in mancanza di richiesta: le generalità, nonché altri dati identificativi anche relativi a terzi…”
(Massima non ufficiale)

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Con le quattro sentenze “di San Bernardino” (10510, 10511, 10512, 10513) del 20.05.2016 in commento la Corte Suprema di Cassazione ha accolto con rinvio il ricorso di ben 105 ricorrenti dello Studio Legale Bullaro lesi nella loro sfera privata a seguito della pubblicazione sul sito internet della Corte dei Conti Sez. Giur. Palermo, dei loro dati personali (sanitari, invalidità etc.) unitamente alle generalità complete nelle sentenze che li riguardavano.

La normativa italiana prevede un sistema per la tutela della privacy nella pubblicazione delle sentenze previsto dell’art. 52 concernente la finalità di conoscenza e diffusione dei dati giudiziari.
Secondo tale sistema si provvede, in particolare, all’oscuramento obbligatorio dei dati «quando riguarda minori, o provvedimenti di status della famiglia». Tali oscuramenti possono essere effettuati anche per disposizione d’Ufficio, ove il Giudice lo ritenga opportuno.
I clienti dello studio hanno vinto il ricorso, senza tuttavia ottenere ancora la quantificazione del risarcimento del danno.
Tutti coloro i quali vogliono oscurati i propri i dati evitando la diffusione nelle banchi date e su internet possono farne richiesta
L’oscuramento o la cancellazione, però, in base alle Sentenze della Cassazione, deve avvenire d’ufficio quando riguarda dati sanitari.

Fonte: ADN KRONOS

Privacy e recupero crediti: il nuovo vademecum del Garante

image_galleryPrivacy e recupero crediti: il nuovo vademecum del Garante

Le regole per il corretto trattamento dei dati personali

Quali dati personali si possono trattare nell’ambito dell’attività di recupero crediti? Quali sono le prassi ritenute illecite? Come vanno conservati i dati? Esiste un diritto alla riservatezza del debitore?

A queste e ad altre domande risponde il vademecum predisposto dal Garante per la protezione dei dati personali.

La guida sintetica illustra in modo semplice e immediato a quali principi si devono ispirare coloro che legittimamente svolgono attività di recupero del credito e le garanzie riconosciute al debitore.

Il vademecum riporta anche i riferimenti ai principali provvedimenti dell’Autorità sull’argomento.

Il Vademecum

“Privacy e recupero crediti” è suddiviso in otto sezioni: principi generali, il recupero crediti e i dati personali; le prassi illecite; quali dati posso trattare?, l’informativa; la conservazione dei dati; l’esercizio dei diritti; documenti di riferimento.

Il vademecum può essere scaricato in formato digitale dal sito web dell’Autorità

Roma, 18 aprile 2016

Conditions for applying to the Strasbourg Human Rights Court: changes as of 1 January 2016

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Some changes to the conditions for applying to the Court will be entering into force on 1 January 2016. They relate primarily to applications lodged by legal entities and those lodged by applicants who are represented by a lawyer from the outset of the proceedings.
Although the amendments are minor, they will entail a change of the application form. As of 1 January 2016 it will be essential to use this new form. Failure to comply with the formal
requirements for applying to the Court, as laid down in Rule 47 of the Rules of Court, will result in the application being rejected.
The new application form, together with further information to assist applicants in lodging an application, will be published on 1 January 2016 on the Court’s website, in the 37 official languages
of the Council of Europe member States.
Useful links:
– Bringing an application: changes to the rules and application form with effect from 1 January 2016 (link)
– Information documents for persons wishing to apply to the Court (link)

OSCE/ODIHR Director Link urges states to recognize serious harm female genital mutilation does to both women and societies at large

WARSAW, 5 February 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today called on OSCE participating States to strengthen their responses to female genital mutilation as a form of violence against girls and women.

“In September 2015, at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, the 193 Member States, including OSCE participating States, unanimously agreed on the goal of eliminating female genital mutilation by 2030,” Director Link said. “Today, ahead of tomorrow’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, as on every other day, states have to be conscious of their obligation to work systematically to eradicate female genital mutilation, a form of violence used to harm women, both psychologically and physically, and to embed patriarchy.”

While welcoming the measures many participating States have already introduced in their legal and policy frameworks to prevent and combat female genital mutilation, the ODIHR Director said that more work should be done by governments to ensure their frameworks are in complete compliance with international standards and OSCE commitments in this field.

“Participating States need to take a holistic approach to the problem, not only through efforts to prevent the practice, but also to raise awareness among both women and men of its horrible effects, to provide medical and psychological assistance to victims, and to facilitate the sharing of effective practices in combating these cruel acts,” Director Link said.

Contacts
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Public Affairs Unit
Ul. Miodowa 10
00-251 Warsaw
Poland
Office: +48 22 520 06 00
Fax: +48 22 520 06 05
[email protected]