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OSCE media freedom office and Azerbaijan Press Council hold training on safety of journalists, access to information
BAKU, 13 November 2012 – Training courses for journalists, law enforcement officers and government spokespersons in Azerbaijan held by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media to promote the safety of reporters and public access to official information concluded today...
OSCE promotes respect for rights of detainees in Azerbaijan
The OSCE Office in Baku supported a training course for police officers on the treatment of suspects and the accused in custody in the city of Sheki in north-western Azerbaijan on 18 and 19 October 2012...
OSCE Office in Baku trains future judges on combating money laundering and terrorism financing
BAKU, 1 October 2012 – A training course held by the OSCE Office in Baku with the Judicial Legal Council for future judges on countering money laundering and the financing of terrorism started today... ()
OSCE Special Representative urges Azerbaijan to enhance measures for addressing labour trafficking
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in a three-day trip to Baku from 24 to 26 September 2012 called on the government to increase efforts to combat trafficking for labour exploitation, particularly in cases involving labour migrants in construction and domestic work...
OSCE holds training course in Azerbaijan on wildfire management
QABALA, Azerbaijan, 24 September 2012 – The OSCE Office in Baku and the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in co-operation with the Global Fire Monitoring Centre and Azerbaijan’s Emergency Situations Ministry launched today a two-day training course on fire management...
OSCE Office promotes shadow reporting to protect human rights in Azerbaijan
BAKU, 14 September 2012 - Some 25 civil society activists are learning about using alternative and shadow reports in advocacy and co-operation with international human rights institutions at a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that started today. The OSCE is co-sponsoring the event with the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and Counterpart International supported by USAID... ()
OSCE promotes respect for rights for detainees in Azerbaijan
The OSCE Office in Baku completed a two-day training course for police officers on the treatment of suspects and accused in custody...
OSCE Secretary General meets civil society representatives in Azerbaijan
During his official visit to Azerbaijan, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier had a meeting with civil society representatives in Baku on 8 July 2012, to discuss ongoing work and challenges in economic, environmental, as well as human rights-related fields...
OSCE Secretary General, in Azerbaijan, stresses need for political will in conflict resolution, pledges continued co-operation
BAKU, 9 July 2012 – The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, on an official visit to Azerbaijan today, emphasized the need for political will in negotiating a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict... ()
OSCE promotes women’s participation in political parties in Azerbaijan
BAKU, 21 June 2012 – An OSCE workshop on increasing the participation of women in political parties in Azerbaijan opened today in Baku... ()