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OSCE/ODIHR Director encouraged by further improvement in co-operation with Russia
Publishing date: 8 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
MOSCOW, 8 September 2010- Following talks today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other senior officials and parliamentarians, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, said...
OSCE/ODIHR opens limited observation mission for Latvia's parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 7 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
RIGA, 7 September 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened a limited observation mission to monitor the 2 October parliamentary elections in Latvia...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 7 September 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened its election observation mission for the 10 October parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE observers arrive in Bosnia and Herzegovina to observe general elections
Publishing date: 30 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 30 August 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the general elections to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 October...
Head of OSCE human rights office warns against stigmatizing Roma and Travellers
Publishing date: 30 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 30 August 2010- Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, said today he shared concerns about recent developments in France affecting Roma migrants and Travellers...
OSCE experts, Kyrgyzstan's authorities discuss how to improve elections
Publishing date: 25 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 25 August 2010- Measures to improve elections in Kyrgyzstan, including providing for effective and timely remedy to complaints, improving voter lists and promoting fair media coverage were in focus as experts from the OSCE Office...
OSCE human rights office gathers youth activists from across Europe to commemorate Roma victims of genocide
Publishing date: 2 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
OSWIECIM, Poland, 2 August 2010- Some 80 Roma and non-Roma youth activists have gathered today for an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the International Roma Youth Network and the Malopolska authorities...