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OSCE Centre in Astana organizes study tour to Ukraine on criminal procedure legislation
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
The OSCE Centre in Astana and the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, co-organized a study visit to Kyiv, Ukraine for parliamentarians and high-level governmental officials from 21 to 23 November 2013...
OSCE Mission to Skopje provides legal information on social rights to Roma community
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a series of four legal information sessions for the Roma community in Skopje, with the last one held on 25 November 2013...
OSCE Office in Baku launches awareness-raising campaign for schools on road safety
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Education
BAKU, 25 November 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku today started an awareness-raising campaign on road safety for school children and their teachers. Some 2,500 children and 250 teachers will participate in events organized in co-operation with the Ministries of Interior and Education at 20 secondary schools of the capital Baku...
OSCE launches online tool to track hate crimes and bias-motivated actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 22 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 22 NOVEMBER 2013-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today launched the Supergrađani / Supergrađanke (Super Citizens) platform, an online mapping tool that crowdsources data regarding hate-motivated incidents, responses to these incidents, and initiatives aimed at their prevention.
EU, UNHCR and OSCE help tackle the long-term problem of undocumented persons in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 22 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, 22 November 2013 – The European Commission, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) today publish the conclusions of the Regional Conference on Access to Civil Registration and Documentation in South-Eastern Europe, held on 25 October 2013 in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Photojournalists need to have full access to public events at the White House, OSCE media freedom representative says
Publishing date: 22 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 22 November 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about restrictions placed on photojournalists covering events at the White House.
OSCE trains police officers in Kyrgyzstan to address domestic violence
Publishing date: 22 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 22 November 2013 – Developing effective responses to domestic violence was the focus of an OSCE-supported series of training courses for Kyrgyz police officers that concluded today in the towns of Cholpon-Ata and Karakol in Issyk-Kul province in northern Kyrgyzstan...