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OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits United States and Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
WASHINGTON, D.C., 2 August 2013 – A delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Washington, D.C. this week to gather information on proceedings before military commissions involving detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Facility...
OSCE promotes parliamentarism among young people in Kyrgyzstan
On 15 July 2013 the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan hosted the concluding session of the Youth Model Parliament, an OSCE–supported project...
OSCE meeting opens with call to strengthen rule of law to protect human rights
VIENNA, 11 July 2013 – Governments should take steps to further strengthen the rule of law to better protect human rights, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...
Rule of law in promoting and protecting human rights focus of OSCE meeting in Vienna
VIENNA, 10 July 2013 – Representatives from the 57 OSCE participating States, civil society and international organizations will meet in Vienna tomorrow for a two-day conference on the rule of law as a cornerstone of human rights protection...
Kyrgyz prison officers learn about dog training, fire prevention and power supply management in training course supported by OSCE
From 10 June to 6 July 2013, 72 Kyrgyz prison officials participated in a series of coaching classes in Bishkek that covered such issues as dog training, first aid and fire prevention... ()
OSCE Centre presents commentary on Turkmenistan’s criminal code
ASHGABAT, 4 July 2013 – An article-by-article commentary on the Criminal Code of Turkmenistan was presented at an OSCE-organized roundtable in Ashgabat today... ()
OSCE and EU support training of judges and prosecutors in BiH on use of ICTY evidence
SARAJEVO, 27 June 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument (TAIEX) of the European Commission completed a two-day training course today for judges and prosecutors in BiH on the ICTY’s Electronic Disclosure Suite (EDS) – an extensive archive of documents and evidence gathered by the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor over several years of war crimes processing...
OSCE Mission to Serbia promotes application of modern tools of criminal procedure
BELGRADE, 20 June 2013 – An OSCE-facilitated regional conference on the simplified forms of criminal procedure, which started today in Belgrade brought together some 130 participants... ()
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports exchange of experience on human rights protection through constitutional justice
YALTA, Ukraine, 20 June 2013 - Ways of protecting the rights of individuals through constitutional justice are the focus of an international conference that started in Yalta in the south of the country, today with the support of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)... ()