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Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, the head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission to the 14 October early parliamentary elections in Montenegro, answers questions from journalists at the Mission’s opening press conference, Podgorica, 14 September 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR opens limited observation mission for early parliamentary elections in Montenegro

14 September 2012
PODGORICA, 14 September 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited election observation mission to monitor the 14 October early parliamentary elections in Montenegro...
(L-r) Alla Kuvatova, gender expert; Nathalie Tagwerker, Deputy Head of ODIHR’s Democratization Department, and Rustam Mirzoev from the Executive Apparatus of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, listen as Dace Schlentz, ODIHR’s Migration and Freedom of Movement Adviser presents ODIHR’s report on the challenges facing women from migrant households in Tajikistan. Dushanbe, 12 September 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR highlights challenges for abandoned women from migrant households in Tajikistan

12 September 2012
The challenge of re-integrating wives abandoned by labour migrants into economic and social life in Tajikistan was the focus of a conference held in Dushanbe by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and UN Women on 12 and 13 September 2012...
(L-r) Elma Šehalić, Media Analyst for the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission to the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine; Stefan Krause, Deputy Head of Mission, and Dame Audrey Glover, Head of the Mission, address journalists at the Mission’s opening press conference, Kyiv, 12 September 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for parliamentary elections in Ukraine

12 September 2012
KYIV, 12 September 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry... ()
Election commission members counting ballots during early parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, Astana, 15 January 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Kazakhstan

11 September 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) began two days of meetings in Astana on 11 September 2012 to present the final report of the Election Observation Mission to the 15 January early parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan...
The OSCE/ODIHR’s final report on France’s parliamentary elections on 10 and 17 June 2012 concludes that though the legal framework provides a sound basis for the conduct of democratic elections, some of its elements should be improved to bring it fully in line with OSCE commitments.

OSCE/ODIHR report finds June elections in France offered voters wide choice, recommends improvements to legal framework

10 September 2012
France’s parliamentary elections on 10 and 17 June were administered in an efficient and transparent manner and provided voters with a wide choice among diverse political options, concludes the OSCE/ODIHR's final report...
Rezarta Schuetz, the Senior Rule of Law Officer at the OSCE Office in Skopje, listening as Mihail Gotovski, the Project Co-ordinator for the Coalition All for Fair Trials NGO in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, speaks at the ODIHR trial-monitoring meeting, Istanbul, 10 September 2012.

ODIHR holds annual trial monitoring meeting with OSCE field operations and NGOs in Istanbul

10 September 2012
Representatives from OSCE field missions and NGOs shared experiences and exchanged good practices at the annual trial monitoring meeting held by ODIHR in Istanbul on 10 September 2012...
Azra Junuzovic, the Deputy Head of ODIHR's Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, speaking at a roundtable meeting on countering intolerance against Muslims through education for societies in transition, Vienna, 6 September 2012.

Role of education in countering intolerance against Muslims in focus at ODIHR meeting

6 September 2012
The important role of education in countering intolerance against Muslims was the theme of a meeting of representatives of education ministries and educational institutions organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 6 September 2012...
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova Liliana Palihovici (c) addresses a roundtable discussion on increasing the participation of women in political parties as Ambassador Jennifer Brush (l), the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, and Marcin Walecki (r), the Chief of ODIHR’s Democratic Governance and Gender Unit listen.

OSCE/ODIHR promotes enhanced role for women in political parties in Moldova

4 September 2012
Increasing gender equality within political parties in Moldova was the focus of a roundtable discussion held in Chisinau by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 4 September 2012... ()
Antonio Milošoski, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission to the 23 September 2012 parliamentary elections in Belarus, speaks to journalists at the mission’s opening press conference, Minsk, 22 August 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to observe parliamentary elections in Belarus

22 August 2012
MINSK, 22 August 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Belarus on 23 September...
The OSCE/ODIHR opened an election observation mission in Tbilisi on 22 August ahead of the parliamentary elections to be held in Georgia on 1 October.

OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to observe parliamentary elections in Georgia

22 August 2012
TBILISI, 22 August 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Georgia on 1 October... ()
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