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OSCE Chairman repeats calls for an investigation into Andijan events following OSCE/ODIHR report
Publishing date: 20 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
LJUBLJANA, 20 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office has reiterated his call for a credible, independent and international investigation into the events in Andijan following a report from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
International commitments promoting tolerance must be implemented say four international institutions
Publishing date: 9 June 2005
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CORDOBA, 9 June 2005- Four international institutions promoting tolerance and non-discrimination today said that implementation of commitments in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and intolerance...
OSCE and Armenian Ombudsperson enhance co-operation
Publishing date: 18 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
YEREVAN, 18 March 2005- The OSCE today signed two Memoranda of Understanding with the first Armenian Ombudsperson Larisa Alaverdyan, under which her staff will receive training through exchange visits with the Polish and Lithuanian Ombudsman offices...
Almaty roundtable focuses on introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ALMATY, 17 March 2005- Over 80 Kazakh and foreign experts today discussed the practical and theoretical issues regarding the introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan at a roundtable in Almaty, co-organized by the OSCE. The participants considered two...
OSCE and Azerbaijani authorities agree on co-operation following report on trial monitoring
Publishing date: 4 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW/BAKU, 4 February 2005- The OSCE and Azerbaijani authorities have agreed to increase their co-operation on judicial and legal reform during a visit by Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director...
Human Rights Day: ensuring democracy through fair elections and strong institutions
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 10 December 2004- The Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Christian Strohal, today stressed the essential importance of transparent, fair and democratic electoral processes within a...
OSCE conference calls for greater co-operation to help IDPs
Publishing date: 5 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 5 November 2004- An OSCE conference on internally displaced persons (IDPs), held in Vienna on 4 and 5 November, called for pre-emptive action to avoid displacement and for better co-operation between...