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Protecting human rights in focus of OSCE-supported seminars in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 November 2015
TARAZ, Kazakhstan, 19 November 2015 – A two-part OSCE-supported training seminar on protecting human rights began today in Taraz, Zhambyl Region, targeting regional administration officials, law-enforcement officers, judges, prosecutors, academics and representatives of civil society...
Afghan, Tajik border officers enhance professional competencies at OSCE, UNDP Course
Publishing date: 19 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 19 November 2015 – A ten-day Border Management Awareness (BMA) course for 24 border officers from Afghanistan and Tajikistan concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe...
OSCE supports expert debate in Kyiv on constitutional changes in the area of judicial reform
Publishing date: 19 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
KYIV, 19 November 2015 – Amendments to Ukraine’s Constitution that are essential for judicial reform are being debated today by experts, officials, diplomats and academic representatives at an event organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 18 November 2015
Publishing date: 19 November 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded a significant increase in ceasefire violations. Live-fire training continued in close proximity to the contact line, on both sides of it.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 17 November 2015
Publishing date: 18 November 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM recorded in Donetsk region significantly fewer explosions than the previous day. In Luhansk, monitors registered a small number of training-related firing incidents.
Youth participate in third and final debate tournament organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova
Publishing date: 18 November 2015
The third and last in a series of student debate tournaments organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova was held on 14 November 2015 in Ceadîr-Lunga, during which 40 students and six teachers from Bender, Cahul, Ceadîr-Lunga, Comrat, Taraclia, Tiraspol and Vulcănești honed their debating skills while deliberating on whether political dictatorships can ever be justified...
OSCE Representative, as recipient of “Dialogue of Cultures” award, addresses media congress of young journalists in Russia
Publishing date: 18 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
ST. PETERSBURG, Russian Federation, 18 November 2015 – Following the announcement by Russia’s Council of Mediacongress that the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović is to receive the “Dialogue of Cultures” award, the Representative said she was honoured to receive the prize and repeated her call to Russia’s authorities to fulfil OSCE media freedom commitments and to ensure journalists’ safety and the media’s independence...