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OSCE meeting supports parliamentary initiatives in SE Europe

Publishing date: 28 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TIRANA, 28 January 2003- A two-day meeting of parliamentary experts from OSCE institutions and south-east European missions has just ended in agreement to boost support for projects aimed at tackling regional issues such as organized crime...

OSCE media watchdog criticises U.S. Patriot Act

Publishing date: 23 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 23 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today criticised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the United States for monitoring...

OSCE Mission offers to help develop new constitution for Serbia

Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization
BELGRADE, 22 January 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, today met the Acting Serbian President, Natasa Micic, to discuss how the OSCE could best support the drafting of a new Serbian...

Damage compensation laws should be consistent with European Court ruling, OSCE Croatia Head says

Publishing date: 21 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 21 January 2003- Three draft laws on state compensation for damages adopted by the Government of Croatia last week do not remedy legal problems identified by the European Court of Human Rights in 2002 and should therefore be revised, the...

Head of OSCE Mission to Federal Republic of Yugoslavia visits Montenegro

Publishing date: 21 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, National minority issues
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 21 January 2003- In his first visit to the Republic of Montenegro, the new Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), Ambassador Maurizio Massari, held constructive meetings today with leading...

OSCE Chairman welcomes voluntary surrender of ex-Serbian President Milutinovic to ICTY

Publishing date: 20 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 20 January 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, welcomes the voluntary surrender of former Serbian president Milan Milutinovic to the UN International Criminal Tribunal for...

OSCE Mission announces action plan to support new parliament of Serbia and Montenegro

Publishing date: 20 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 20 January 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to the FRY, Maurizio Massari, held talks on Friday, 17 January, with the co-chair of the Constitutional Commission and FRY Parliament Chamber of Citizens Speaker, Dragoljub Micunovic. They...