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OSCE promotes respect for rights for detainees in Azerbaijan
The OSCE Office in Baku completed a two-day training course for police officers on the treatment of suspects and accused in custody...
OSCE Chairperson strongly regrets Belarus travel ban on civil society activist
DUBLIN, 12 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, expressed his strong regret about the Belarusian authorities’ decision to prevent a Belarusian civil society activist from travelling to an OSCE meeting in Vienna today...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds preparatory meeting ahead of major human rights conference
DUSHANBE, 3 July 2012 - The sixth annual OSCE Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting for government and civil society representatives to discuss human rights issues concluded in Dushanbe today... ()
OSCE Centre organizes seminar on domestic violence for law enforcement officials in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, 29 June 2012 – More than 25 representatives from Turkmenistan participated today in Ashgabat in an OSCE-organized seminar on good law-enforcement practices in preventing and addressing domestic violence...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains Kyrgyzstan’s prosecutors on human rights
The third and last in a series of training sessions on human rights for Kyrgyzstan’s prosecutors concluded on 23 June 2012 in Bishkek... ()
OSCE Centre signs agreement on torture prevention with Kyrgyz authorities and civil society organizations
BISHKEK, 15 June 2012 - The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyz authorities and civil society organizations signed a multilateral Memorandum of Understanding today in Bishkek aimed at increasing co-operation in monitoring places of detention...
OSCE Centre supports publication of Kazakhstan Ombudsman’s report
KARAGANDY, Kazakhstan, 8 June 2012 – A review of the National Human Rights Commissioner’s (Ombudsman’s) work in 2011 was presented at an OSCE-supported meeting held in Karagandy today...
OSCE, EU support opening of Armenian Human Rights Defender’s offices in Armenia’s regions
VANADZOR, Armenia, 6 June 2012 – Today the Armenian Human Rights Defender officially opened its regional office in the Lori province, one of six regional offices in Armenia. Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and Ambassador Traian Hristea, the Head of the European Delegation to Armenia, attended the opening ceremony... ()
OSCE Office supports human rights awards in Armenia
YEREVAN, 4 June 2012 – Individuals working to promote human rights, accountable governance and free speech in Armenia were acknowledged today at a ceremony hosted by the US Embassy and co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, the EU Delegation to Armenia, the British Embassy in Armenia and Counterpart International... ()