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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan to hold training course on human rights and rule of law

Publishing date: 22 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 22 May 2007- United Nations and OSCE standards in the field of human rights and rule of law will be the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan from 22 to 27 May in the Tashkent region...

OSCE Ukraine office trains judges, prosecutors on fighting human trafficking

Publishing date: 21 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 21 May 2007- Twenty-five Ukrainian judges and prosecutors are taking part in an OSCE training course on ways to combat human trafficking that began in Kyiv today...

Winners of 2007 OSCE Photo Contest announced

Publishing date: 18 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 18 May 2007- The winners of the 2007 OSCE photo contest "Land and water, protecting our fragile environment" were announced today. The main prize was awarded to Shamil Zhumatov from Kazakhstan for a series about the Aral Sea...

OSCE media freedom representative expresses shock after more Azerbaijani journalists jailed, calls on authorities to stop prosecutions for libel

Publishing date: 17 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was shocked to hear the news about the imprisonment of two more Azerbaijani journalists for libel...

OSCE Office holds seminar on access to justice in environmental matters in Armenia

Publishing date: 17 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 17 May 2007- Raising awareness among judges, prosecutors and lawyers on the Aarhus Convention and its access to justice component was the aim of an OSCE-supported seminar held in Yerevan today...

OSCE Office helps open public environmental information centres in Armenian provinces

Publishing date: 16 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 16 May 2007- Aarhus public environmental information Centres will be opened in in the Kotayk, Shirak and Gegharkunik provinces of Armenia...

OSCE Office helps organize photo exhibition in Yerevan

Publishing date: 14 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 14 May 2007- "A short meeting with Earth" is the theme of a photo exhibition which opened in Yerevan today with the help of the OSCE Office and the State University...