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OSCE Mission to Moldova launches campaign against gender-based violence
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 25 November 2010-The OSCE Mission to Moldova today launched a series of awareness-raising activities, including continuing performances of a play, as part of the international 16-Day Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence...
OSCE event participants say Paris Charter for New Europe relevant after 20 years, important for security community creation
Publishing date: 28 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PARIS, 28 October 2010- Participants in a high-level event marking the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe today stressed the importance of the document for the future of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security.
OSCE Special Representative meets Russian officials to discuss co-operation in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 20 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
MOSCOW, 20 November 2009- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, has met Russian counterparts to discuss international co-operation in combating the crime...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports incorporation of anti-trafficking course in police academy curriculum
Publishing date: 13 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 13 November 2009- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan, the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit and the Tajik Interior Ministry finished a process today that made an anti-trafficking course part of the curriculum at the Tajik Police Academy...
OSCE raises judges' capacity to respond to human trafficking in Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 15 October 2009- An OSCE-supported conference on the protection of the rights of trafficked persons and the prosecution of traffickers started in Kyiv today.
OSCE Centre co-organizes conference on prevention of domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 20 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
BISHKEK, 20 May 2009- A conference that aims to strengthen efforts to prevent domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan, jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Government...
OSCE launches book to help countries create gender-sensitive labour migration policies
Publishing date: 18 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
ATHENS, 18 May 2009- The OSCE launched a book today that aims to help countries adapt their labour migration policies to avoid gender-based discrimination...