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OSCE representative calls on States to establish reporting and monitoring mechanisms to fight human trafficking

Publishing date: 23 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 23 September 2008- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, called today for countries to establish monitoring and reporting mechanisms to document the scope of human trafficking...

OSCE media freedom representative says journalists need free and safe access to Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions

Publishing date: 22 September 2008
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, 22 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media called today for journalists' safe access to the crisis regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, now controlled by Russian forces, and urged unbiased reporting on all sides...

OSCE media freedom representative presents anniversary publication

Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 15 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, today presented his Office's latest publication, Ten Years for Media Freedom- An OSCE Anniversary.

Human rights challenges in Tajikistan focus of meeting organized by OSCE Office

Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
DUSHANBE, 12 September 2008- Free and fair elections, violence against women, prevention of torture, access to prisons and forced labour were topics discussed at a two-day meeting organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan that concluded today...

OSCE media freedom representative protests against killing during police custody of web publisher in Russia's Ingushetia region

Publishing date: 2 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today called outrageous the killing of Magomed Evloyev, the publisher of the independent news website Ingushetiya.ru, who was shot in police custody...

OSCE Chairman welcomes OSCE States' decision for up to 100 monitors to Georgia

Publishing date: 19 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 19 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, issued the following statement on the OSCE Permanent Council's decision to increase the number of monitors to the Mission to Georgia by up to 100...

OSCE Mission helps Georgian government improve border management

Publishing date: 7 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management
TBILISI, 7 August 2008- Strengthening border management was the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop for Georgian and Azerbaijani border management and security agencies that ended today in the Georgian district of Lagodekhi...