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OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes visits to Estonia and Netherlands on handling individual complaints
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
ASHGABAT, 31 May 2012 – Representatives of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan completed today an OSCE-organized visit to Estonia and the Netherlands on practices in processing individual human rights complaints and communications...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Tajikistan’s steps to decriminalize defamation, calls for remaining provisions to be abolished
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 31 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today a decision by the Tajik Parliament to make libel and insult a civil tort, saying she hoped all remaining criminal provisions related to defamation would eventually be abolished...
Conflict resolution, democratization and human rights among top priorities of OSCE Mission to Moldova, says new Head
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
Conflict resolution and promoting democratization and respect for human rights on the both banks of the Dniestr/Nistru river are top priorities of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, said the new Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush...
OSCE Centre supports training for young reporters from Kyrgyzstan’s provinces
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
BISHKEK, 31 May 2012 – A graduation ceremony for some 25 young reporters who have successfully completed a three-month journalism course, organized by the non-governmental organization and news agency Kloop Media, was held in Bishkek today. The tuition for eight students from Kyrgyzstan’s provinces was supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts regional seminar on Vienna Document 2011
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASTANA, 30 May 2012- A three-day regional training seminar for military officers on the practical implementation of the Vienna Document 2011 began in Astana today...
OSCE Office and Armenian police launch community policing in Yerevan
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
YEREVAN, 30 May 2012 – A meeting on community policing as the new model of operation in the Armenian capital Yerevan from 1 June was held today by the Armenian police with the support of the OSCE Office...
Head of OSCE Mission calls on Kosovo institutions to improve humanitarian bus transportation
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 May 2011 – Kosovo institutions provide communities and other vulnerable groups with much needed humanitarian transportation services, but a lack of coordination and procedural oversight have left the service unresponsive to the evolving needs of users, concludes an OSCE report published today...