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ODIHR trains Kazakh lawyers for jury trials

Publishing date: 26 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
ALMATY, 26 March 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) started today a training course for Kazakh lawyers on effective representation of clients in jury trials...

OSCE promotes international standards on anti-corruption in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 26 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 26 March 2007- Promoting international legal standards in view of criminalizing corruption in the Kazakh national legislation is the topic of a seminar that opened in Almaty today...

OSCE Representative urges Bulgaria to prosecute attackers of journalists, warns against changes to law on information

Publishing date: 23 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 23 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced concern today over the assault on journalists of 24 Hours and 168 Hours newspapers by parliamentarians of the Ataka political party. He also warned...

Armenian police training centre opens after renovation

Publishing date: 23 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Policing
YEREVAN, 23 March 2007- An Armenian police training Centre, renovated as part of an OSCE police assistance programme, opened in Yerevan today. Under the programme, implemented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in co-operation with the Armenian Police...

OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes French acquittal in cartoons row

Publishing date: 22 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 22 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said he welcomes today's acquittal of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in a trial initiated in 2006 by Muslim institutions for publishing three cartoons...

OSCE Moldova Mission and Defence Ministry to destroy surplus weapons

Publishing date: 22 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 22 March 2007- More than 11,000 artillery shells, 377 anti-tank guided missiles and almost half a million rounds of ammunition will be destroyed thanks to a project agreed on today by the Moldovan Defence Ministry and the OSCE Mission...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training on decentralization in education

Publishing date: 21 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education
SKOPJE, 21 March 2007- Educating trainers who in turn will teach parents and teachers about their rights and responsibilities in the decentralized education system is the purpose of a series of workshops, the first of which concluded today...