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Cleaning up Kosovo as a model for civic engagement
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
On the occasion of this year’s World Clean Up Day, more than 140 OSCE Mission members helped tidy up public spaces throughout Kosovo, as part of the ‘Let’s Do It Kosovo!’ action on 24 May 2013...
International standards of freedom of religion or belief legislation discussed at OSCE meeting in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
At an event organized by the OSCE in Ashgabat on 24 May 2013, experts on questions of religious freedom legislation discussed with Turkmen officials the country’s Law on Religious Freedom and Religious Organizations...
OSCE Office announces contest for reporting on human trafficking
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 24 May 2013- The OSCE Office in Baku is pleased to announce a contest for media reports highlighting the problems of human trafficking and forced labour in Azerbaijan...
OSCE War Crimes Processing Project in BiH expands to two more jurisdictions
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
SARAJEVO, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s War Crimes Processing Project has been further expanded to cover two additional jurisdictions in BiH. The expansion of the project to one additional cantonal jurisdiction and one additional district jurisdiction in the RS was made possible by the recent financial contributions of the government of Germany...
OSCE, Kyrgyzstan’s Border Service support early-warning groups in cross-border areas
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a meeting on 22 May 2013 in Ala-Buka town, that focused on the planned activities for a pilot early-warning group, supervised by the State Border Service, in the Ala-Buka district of the Jalal-Abad district of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on 2012 general elections in the United States
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), was in Washington DC from 21 to 23 May 2013 to present the final report of the Limited Election Observation Mission for last year’s general elections in the United States...
OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus statement on arrests of former Georgian Officials
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus Joao Soares issued the following statement today regarding the arrests of former government officials in Georgia...