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Model OSCE encourages youth debating in a simulation exercise
Publishing date: 1 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
GYUMRI, Armenia, 1 May 2015 – Sixty young, aspiring Ambassadors gathered today in Gyumri to discuss the challenges addressed by a simulation of the OSCE Permanent Council. The Model OSCE Conference organized by the Office in Yerevan brought together young people from Armenia’s Shirak province in an effort to find solutions to a wide range of issues, including environmental threats, migration pressures, economic instability and political conflict.
OSCE-supported study on probation service establishment presented in Yerevan
Publishing date: 29 April 2015
YEREVAN, 29 April 2015 – OSCE Office supported study on perspectives of penitentiary reform and introduction of a probation service in Armenia was presented on 28 April 2015 in Yerevan...
Co-operation matters! OSCE interactive campaign seeks global vision of security and co-operation
Publishing date: 17 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued), OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
VIENNA, 17 April 2015 – In a new interactive campaign launched today, the OSCE is inviting members of the public to send in photos, videos and social media messages on how we can work together to make security a reality and promote peace through co-operation...
OSCE Yerevan Office donates equipment to State Investigative Committee to help improve criminal justice in Armenia
Publishing date: 16 April 2015
The OSCE Office in Yerevan on 15 April 2015 donated equipment including 15 computers and three printer-scanner machines to the newly-established State Investigative Committee with the aim of enhancing the capacities and efficiency of this institution and its investigators, and to promote the
OSCE-supported workshop promotes transparency of Armenian Investigative Committee
Publishing date: 31 March 2015
The OSCE Office in Yerevan supported a workshop on 28-29 March 2015 in Tsaghkadzor to discuss the role and main functions of Armenia’s newly-established investigative committee and foster co-operation with media representatives...
Human rights and non-discrimination in focus at OSCE workshop in Yerevan
Publishing date: 24 March 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
Domestic and international human rights instruments to fight discrimination were the focus of a one-day workshop organized for lawyers and human rights defenders by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, in co-operation with the Council of Europe and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on 20 March 2015 in Yerevan.
OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Armenia highlights the importance of transparent policy-making and legislative planning
Publishing date: 24 February 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
Evidence-based policy-making and legislative planning were the focus of a workshop in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the OSCE Office in Yerevan on 23 and 24 February 2015.