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OSCE media watchdog praises Croatia's abolition of prison sentences for defamation

Publishing date: 29 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 29 June 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today commended the Croatian Parliament for adopting amendments to the Criminal Code that abolish imprisonment as a sanction for defamation...

OSCE Mission and Kosovo authorities inaugurate police inspectorate

Publishing date: 28 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
PRISTINA, 28 June 2006- The PISG Ministry of Internal Affairs and the OSCE Mission today inaugurated the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK), a body designed to ensure that the police are accountable to the people it serves and which will investigate...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office defends Centre in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 27 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
BRUSSELS, 27 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, defended the Organization's Centre in Ashgabad today and rejected persistent allegations that Turkmenistan is making against an OSCE staff member there...

OSCE/ODIHR report says partial repeat elections in Azerbaijan highlight need for further reform

Publishing date: 26 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 26 June 2006- The overall conduct of the 13 May 2006 partial repeat parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan underscores the continuing need for electoral reform, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights says in a new...

OSCE Chairman tells UN conference civil society can help thwart small arms trade

Publishing date: 26 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 26 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, urged United Nations member states today to work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to bolster government efforts to stop the global...

OSCE/ODIHR issues recommendations on Ukrainian elections

Publishing date: 23 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 23 June 2006- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights urges Ukraine to establish a centralized voter register, harmonize its election-related laws and increase the professionalism of lower-level election commissions...

OSCE Centre organizes meeting that reviews electoral reform in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 23 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 23 June 2006- Kyrgyzstan has made some progress towards meeting OSCE election commitments during presidential and local elections in 2005 and parliamentary by-elections in 2006. However, the country's authorities still need...