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Law students in Turkmenistan discuss pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings at OSCE lecture course
ASHGABAT, 28 April 2012 - Thirty students from the Law Faculty of the S.A. Niyazov Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs completed today in Ashgabat an OSCE-organized lecture series on human rights standards at the pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings... ()
OSCE must focus on areas where it can add value, says Russian Foreign Ministry Human Rights Commissioner
VIENNA, 19 April 2012 – In its human dimension work, the OSCE must focus on areas where it can bring added value, and pay special attention to protecting rights of national minorities, freedom of movement, combating trafficking and developing single rules of election monitoring, said Ambassador Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry Commissioner on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE Mission, Directorate for Care of Refugees and Red Cross sign memorandum of understanding for integration of displaced persons
PODGORICA, 29 March 2012 – A memorandum of understanding between the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Bureau for the Care of Refugees and the Red Cross of Montenegro will be signed in Podgorica tomorrow...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo encourages young people to participate in decision-making and volunteer
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 21 March 2012 - The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports will organize a conference tomorrow on volunteering and participating in decision-making for more than 100 Youth Action Council members and their municipal representatives...
Parole system in Armenia needs urgent reform, says OSCE-supported study
YEREVAN, 2 March 2012 – The results and recommendations of an OSCE-supported study on early conditional release system (parole) in Armenia were discussed today in Yerevan... ()
OSCE supports installation of human rights ‘mailboxes’ for prisoner complaints in Montenegro
PODGORICA, 23 February 2012 – Mailboxes for prisoners and detainees to file rights-related complaints will be officially installed tomorrow at the Institute of Enforcement of Penal Sanctions (IEPS) in Spuž by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Institution of the Ombudsman, the Ministry of Justice and the IEPS...
OSCE report calls for more adequate and effective criminal sanctions for domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 22 February 2012 – Criminal sanctions for domestic violence should reflect the gravity of the offence, to ensure their effectiveness as part of a comprehensive approach to prevent and combat domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, concludes a report presented by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today...
OSCE facilitates discussion on prevention of torture in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, 22 February 2012 – The implementation of the Istanbul Protocol standards for the effective investigation and documentation of torture and ill treatment in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the UN OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia, the Soros Foundation and the US-based NGO Physicians for Human Rights... ()
OSCE Centre to continue promoting fundamental rights in Kazakhstan, says new Head of Centre
ASTANA, 7 February 2012 – A roundtable meeting held in Astana today reviewed the implementation of the parts of the country’s National Human Rights Action Plan for 2009-2012 devoted to improving the enforcement of the right to life and the rights of prisoners... ()
Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner addresses OSCE, stresses need to co-operate to confront negative trends
VIENNA, 2 February 2012 – The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, in today’s address to the OSCE Permanent Council emphasized the need for the Council or Europe, the OSCE and other international actors to further co-operate to counter negative developments in relation to human rights issues...