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Progress made in Serbia-Romania dialogue on minority issues in consultations facilitated by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
On 28 February and 1 March 2013, delegations from the Serbian and Romanian Governments met for the second time in the Netherlands for informal consultations under the auspices of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Ambassador Knut Vollebaek...
OSCE Head of Mission expresses support for High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 1 March 2013 – Fletcher Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, discussed justice sector reform today with Admir Suljagic, the Director of the Secretariat of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE Mission expresses concern about Nis Prison suspension, calls for respect for whistleblower protection provisions
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
BELGRADE, 1 March 2013- Paula Thiede, the Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, expressed concern today at the decision of Nis Prison to suspend from work and initiate disciplinary procedures against Valentina Krstic, a whistleblower awarded protection by the Anti-corruption Agency...
OSCE trains Montenegrin court officials in preventing corruption
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
Eighteen presidents of Montenegrin courts and three members of the Judicial Council attended a two-day seminar on court management from 28 February to 1 March 2013 in Becici, as part of a training programme for members of the judiciary on fighting corruption...
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan in fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 1 March 2013 – Adopting international anti-terrorism mechanisms and other measures aimed at controlling terrorists’ access to explosives and chemicals precursors were among the topics of a two-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion which ended in Bishkek today...
Ahead of elections, OSCE Mission to Skopje facilitates discussions between local political leaders ahead of elections
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
From 18 February to 1 March 2013, the Monitoring Unit of the OSCE Mission to Skopje held roundtable discussions in 18 municipalities between mayoral candidates, leaders of local branches of political parties involved in the elections process, representatives of Municipal Electoral Commissions, Regional Representatives of the Ombudsman and Sectors for Internal Affairs...
OSCE supports discussion on role of defence lawyers in criminal procedures in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 February 2013