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OSCE media freedom representative asks Hague Tribunal to release Croatian journalist

Publishing date: 11 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 11 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to release Croatian journalist Josip Jovic, the former editor-in-chief of...

OSCE Office supports renovation of prison training centre in Armenia

Publishing date: 11 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 11 October 2005-The training centre for prison staff of the Ministry of Justice was re-opened today in Yerevan after renovation work supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The newly-renovated training centre, with two auditoria and a...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Project Co-ordinator launch children's human rights education pilot project in Ukraine

Publishing date: 10 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights
KYIV, 10 October 2005- Increasing children's awareness of human rights is the focus of a training course for Ukrainian teachers held in Kyiv. The project, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with the Ukrainian...

OSCE conference raises awareness of women's access to economic and social resources in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 7 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
YSYKKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 9 October 2005- Violations of women's access to economic and social resources in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan were the focus of a two-day conference, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, which ended today in Ysykkol...

Aarhus Centres to open in Armenian regions with OSCE support

Publishing date: 6 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 6 October 2005- Local public environmental information Centres (Aarhus Centres) will soon open in the capitals of Syunik, Tavush and Lori regions of Armenia with the help of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, which today signed an agreement with...

OSCE Chairman underlines importance of reforms during visit to Skopje

Publishing date: 5 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 5 October 2005- During a day-long visit to Skopje, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel discussed the progress of democratic reforms in key areas relating to the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001, which ended...

OSCE Osh Field Office hosts meeting on business dispute resolution in southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 4 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 5 October 2005- Over 50 businessmen and lawyers took part today in an OSCE-sponsored seminar in Osh on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms at the national level.