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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
VIENNA, 19 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, expressed concern today over legislative steps towards re-criminalizing defamation in Ukraine...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains judges on election legislation
Publishing date: 18 September 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Uniform interpretation of the election legislation is the focus of two training seminars for Ukraine’s administrative court judges that started on 18 September 2012 in Odessa with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for parliamentary elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 12 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 12 September 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry...