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OSCE Mission to Moldova hosts human rights discussion in Transdniestria with UN’s Hammarberg
Publishing date: 25 September 2012
On 18 September 2012 the OSCE Mission to Moldova hosted a roundtable discussion in Tiraspol with civil society and local authorities representatives on human rights issues. The event was held in co-operation with Resonance, a Bender-based non-governmental organization...
26th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 24 September 2012 – On 24 September, the 26th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti...
OSCE holds training course in Azerbaijan on wildfire management
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
QABALA, Azerbaijan, 24 September 2012 – The OSCE Office in Baku and the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in co-operation with the Global Fire Monitoring Centre and Azerbaijan’s Emergency Situations Ministry launched today a two-day training course on fire management...
OSCE/ODIHR launches new human rights education guidelines for law enforcement officials and secondary schools
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new sets of guidelines on human rights education at the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 24 September 2012...
OSCE supports jazz workshops in Transdniestria
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
Students of the Rubinstein Musical College in Tiraspol could enjoy jamming with world class jazz musicians in the framework of a workshop, supported by the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 21 September 2012...
Competition limited in Belarus elections as many democratic rights not respected, international observers say
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
MINSK, 24 September 2012 – Many OSCE commitments on citizen’s democratic rights to associate, to stand as candidates and to express themselves freely were not respected in yesterday’s parliamentary elections in Belarus, concluded the international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)...
No security without respect for human rights and democracy, say speakers at OSCE conference
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights