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OSCE promotes combating violence against women in Ukraine as part of international campaign
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 25 November 2013 – As the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is marked and the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” international campaign gets underway today, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) gathered state officials, journalists, and civil society activists at an awareness-raising event in Kyiv...
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes study tour to Ukraine on criminal procedure legislation
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
The OSCE Centre in Astana and the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, co-organized a study visit to Kyiv, Ukraine for parliamentarians and high-level governmental officials from 21 to 23 November 2013...
Statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office following summit between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Publishing date: 19 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 19 November 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara welcomed the meeting between the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, that took place today in Vienna...
Administrative court judges trained on election legislation with OSCE support as Ukraine prepares for repeat vote in December
Publishing date: 19 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
In preparation for a repeat election in Ukraine, fifty administrative court judges were trained in reviewing election-related disputes at a session organized by the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 18 to 19 November 2013 in Kyiv.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion of draft criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 15 November 2013
A discussion of the draft Criminal Procedure Code recently introduced to the Parliament of Kazakhstan topped the agenda of an international conference, supported by the OSCE Centre and held on 15 November 2013 in Astana.
Gender equality priorities defined at all-Ukrainian Gender Forum supported by the OSCE
Publishing date: 15 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
Some 150 experts from government, NGOs, and international organizations gathered in Kyiv today at the all-Ukrainian Gender Forum to discuss gender equality issues. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU), UN Women and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
OSCE promotes improvement of legal education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
KYIV, 14 November 2013 – Representatives of academia and professional community gathered to discuss the quality of legal education and science in Ukraine and ways of improving it at an OSCE-supported conference that started in Kyiv today...