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Head of OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes adoption of administrative courts law
TIRANA, 3 May 2012 - The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the approval of the law on administrative courts by the Albanian parliament... ()
OSCE Office in Yerevan organizes workshop on probation standards
YEREVAN, 30 April 2012 – International standards on probation and experience and good practices of other OSCE states were discussed today at an OSCE workshop in Yerevan... ()
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 and Azerbaijan’s Ombudsman hold workshop on torture prevention mechanism
BAKU, 26 April 2012 – A workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Ombudsman Office of Azerbaijan on detention monitoring and reporting on cases of torture under national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) started today... ()
OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Supreme Court present monitoring report
PODGORICA, 24 April 2012 - The OSCE Court Monitoring Report covering the period June 2009-August 2011 will be presented in Podgorica tomorrow...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat presents commentary on Turkmenistan’s criminal procedure code
ASHGABAT, 23 April 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat presented an article-by-article commentary on the Criminal Procedure Code of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat today... ()
Prior to parliamentary elections in Armenia OSCE Office launches guide for voters on political parties
YEREVAN, 18 April 2012 – An OSCE-supported guidebook summarizing the platforms, activities and goals of political parties running for 6 May parliamentary elections in Armenia was presented today in Yerevan... ()
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports regulatory reforms
SKOPJE, 12 April 2012 – Today the OSCE Mission to Skopje launched a package of two projects to train civil servants in law-drafting and improve the quality and inclusiveness of legislation...