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OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 26 February 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission in Ukraine to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 31 March...
French Diplomat Fieschi new Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 11 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 11 January 2002-- Pascal Fieschi from France has been appointed as new Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. Prior to his appointment to the OSCE, Mr. Fieschi served as France's Ambassador to Ukraine...
International conference agrees on need to abolish death penalty in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 21 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 21 December 2001- An International Conference on the Death Penalty, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan on 20 and 21 December, ended today in Dushanbe with an appeal by the participants to the President of Tajikistan...
Fostering observance of human rights provisions in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights
KYIV, 24 October 2001 (OSCE)-- On 22 and 23 October, a regional seminar on the implications of the European Convention on Human Rights for the work of law enforcement bodies was held in Ukraine...
Witness and victim protection working group established in Ukraine
Publishing date: 22 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 22 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator, in co-operation with ODIHR, has launched a project aimed at protecting witnesses and victims of human trafficking and organized crime in Ukraine.
Third anti-corruption seminar in Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KYIV, 16 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine held the third seminar on "Strategies in the Fight against Corruption" on 15 and 16 October, in cooperation with the country's Public Prosecutor General.
Ukrainian judges study model administrative courts in Germany
Publishing date: 10 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KYIV, 10 October 2001 (OSCE)-- In the framework of the project on "Model Administrative Courts", the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine together with the German Foundation for Legal Cooperation organized a training course for Ukrainian judges...