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OSCE Mission to BiH promotes regional co-operation in fighting crime

Publishing date: 7 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 7 October 2011 – An OSCE-supported two-day conference to foster regional co-operation among the judiciaries in the region in the fight against corruption, organized crime and war crimes concluded in Sarajevo today...

OSCE organizes lectures on human rights in criminal justice in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 30 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 30 September 2011 – A series of lectures on international human rights standards and their applicability in the administration of criminal justice organized by the OSCE for 30 students of the S.A Niyazov Police Institute concludes in Ashgabat tomorrow...

OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement

Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
WARSAW, 29 September 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today...

OSCE/ODIHR completes trial skills trainings for judiciary handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 29 September 2011- A training seminar on trial advocacy skills for judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in Teslić today. The training was part of the War Crimes Justice Project (WCJP), which is led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, in partnership with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The project is funded by the European Union...

OSCE human rights office presents 2011 death penalty report

Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented a report on the death penalty in the OSCE region on 28 September on the margins of the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw...

North Africa events highlight link between democracy and security, say speakers at opening of OSCE human rights conference

Publishing date: 26 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 26 September 2011 – Events in North Africa featured prominently at the opening of this year’s OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw today, with speakers calling the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and other developments in the region a reminder of the importance of respecting human rights for ensuring stability and security...

OSCE human rights chief expresses dismay about execution of Troy Davis, hopes case will revive capital punishment debate in the US

Publishing date: 22 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 22 September 2011- Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today expressed his concern and dismay about the execution of Troy Davis in the US state of Georgia...