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OSCE/ODIHR opens election assessment mission for parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 3 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ASHGABAT, 3 December 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today held the opening press conference for its election assessment mission for the 15 December parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan...
Special Representative calls for victim protection at UK Parliament’s Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
LONDON, 2 December 2013 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today urged UK lawmakers to enhance the criminal justice response and simultaneously the protection of victims’ rights at the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review in Westminster.
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps prepare for implementation of new criminal law
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the national Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors and the US Embassy, supported the preparation for the practical implementation of the new Law on Criminal Procedure by offering trainings and discussion forums for legal practitioners and law enforcement officials.
OSCE-organized conference on transnational threats and border security takes place in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 2 December 2013 – The OSCE Cross-Border Research Conference on evolving transnational threats and border security began at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today.
OSCE Representative concerned by magnitude of violence against journalists in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 December 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern by the magnitude of violence against members of the media at the demonstrations in Kyiv...
OSCE Secretary General: Kosovo election process “significant step forward”
Publishing date: 1 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 1 December 2013 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has welcomed the peaceful and orderly voting in the municipal election in Kosovo as a “significant step towards confidence and security.”
OSCE successfully concludes election facilitation in four northern Kosovo municipalities
Publishing date: 1 December 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 December 2013 – Following the completion of the second round of mayoral elections in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North and the re-vote at three polling stations in Zvečan/Zveçan, the OSCE successfully concluded its election facilitation in the four northern Kosovo municipalities...