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OSCE forum participants call for stronger protection of property and housing rights in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 November 2014 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized today a forum on housing and property rights for the representatives of various communities living in Kosovo, relevant ministries, Office of the Prime Minister, judiciary, police and Kosovo Property Agency...
OSCE promotes international exchange of best practices for preventing torture in detention facilities
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights
LVIV, 13 November 2014- The Fifth East European Conference on National Preventive Mechanisms, co-hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, the country’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and the Kharkiv Institute for Social Researches, started in Lviv today...
OSCE promotes co-operation on demining operations in support of international peacekeeping operations
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 13 November 2014 – An OSCE-organized regional conference on mine action activity in support of international peacekeeping operations began yesterday in Almaty...
OSCE Centre supports workshop on readmission of persons
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 13 November 2014- An OSCE-supported capacity-building seminar aimed to enhance professional knowledge and skills of law-enforcement officers on readmission issues, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, Interior Ministry and International Organization of Migration, began today in Astana...
OSCE Representative calls for full investigation of police attack on journalist in Romania
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
BUDAPEST, 13 November 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that a recent attack on a journalist by law enforcement officers in Bucharest is unacceptable and must be subject to an exhaustive investigation...
Concerned about violent incident at Line of Contact, CiO calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to strictly adhere to ceasefire
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN, 13 November 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, expressed his deep concern about yesterday's downing of a helicopter near the Line of Contact. He appeals to the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to do their utmost to prevent such incidents and to honour the ceasefire regime.
Journalism skills in focus of OSCE training in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Media freedom and development