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OSCE supports nationwide discussion on implementing comprehensive anti-trafficking law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 18 October 2012 – A national roundtable discussion on implementing Ukraine’s law on combating trafficking in human beings started in Kyiv today with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE’s Habsburg Douglas completes pre-election visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
KYIV, 11 October 2012 – Walburga Habsburg Douglas (MP, Sweden), the Special Co-ordinator appointed to lead the OSCE election observation mission to Ukraine, today concluded a three-day pre-election visit to the country aimed at assessing the climate ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for 28 October...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Ukrainian parliament’s decision rejecting re-criminalization of libel
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
MOSCOW, 2 October 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, commended today the decision by the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) of Ukraine to reject re-criminalization of defamation...
Senior border officials from 12 countries start course at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 1 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 1 October 2012 – The opening ceremony for the sixth staff course for senior border officials from 12 countries was held at the OSCE Border Management Staff College today...
OSCE-supported voter awareness campaign starts ahead of parliamentary elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 20 September 2012- Raising the awareness of voters in Ukraine about their legal rights, electoral procedures and the importance of elections is focus of a nation-wide awareness campaign that started today with the support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and the country’s Central Election Commission...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports law forum for students and young lawyers
Publishing date: 20 September 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
Eighty law students and young lawyers are taking part in a four-day all-Ukraine law forum that started on 20 September 2012 in Sevastopol in Crimea, with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Ukraine plans to re-criminalize defamation a ‘setback’, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 19 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media