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Uzbek law lecturers complete OSCE-sponsored study visit to Britain
Publishing date: 22 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
TASHKENT, 22 November 2004- As part of its efforts to support legal education in Uzbekistan, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent organized a study trip for 12 academics from law faculties and institutes to Britain's Essex University. Deans of faculties and...
OSCE Centre, U.S. Embassy in Tashkent hold workshop on government-civil society co-operation in preventing human trafficking
Publishing date: 9 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TASHKENT, 8 November 2004- Learning from international and local best practices of government-civil society co-operation in preventing human trafficking was the focus of a work-shop, organized by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the U.S. Embassy in...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent helps organize training for Uzbek prison staff in Poland
Publishing date: 1 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 1 November 2004- Senior staff of Uzbekistan's prison system today began a 10-day study visit to Poland as an important step towards implementing a comprehensive prison reform in their own country. The programme in Poland's Kalisz training...
Future lawyers of Uzbekistan attend OSCE Centre training on human rights
Publishing date: 10 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 10 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the American Bar Association launched a summer school for 24 law students to enhance practical legal skills of future lawyers. The 12-day training programme in Charvak will also help to improve...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent trains women in advocacy work
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 13 May 2004- The second phase of an OSCE project aimed at increasing the participation of women in Uzbekistan's civil society is being launched today with a five-day workshop in the capital. The training scheme on capacity building for women...
OSCE Chairman offers Uzbekistan assistance with democratic transition questions
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 6 April 2004- During the first stop on his five-day visit to the Central Asian States, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, introduced the priorities of the OSCE agenda in separate meetings with the Foreign...
OSCE Centre to train Uzbek journalists on reporting on human trafficking
Publishing date: 17 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 17 February 2004- Twenty journalists from different media outlets in Uzbekistan will undergo an OSCE training course on covering the problem of human trafficking. The intensive five-day course, which starts on Thursday is organized as...