Opening speech by Astrid Thors, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, at the Max van der Stoel Award 2014

The Max van der Stoel Award 2014 was presented to Spravedlivost, a human rights NGO from Kyrgyzstan, during a ceremony in The Hague, 2 October 2014. The Max van der Stoel Award is presented every two years to a person, group or institution for extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in the OSCE participating States.