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Internet freedom must be priority for policymakers, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
WASHINGTON DC, 24 May 2012 – Keeping the Internet free should be high on the agenda of international and human rights policy, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom Media Dunja Mijatović today at a conference organized by Google at the Newseum in Washington DC...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports roundtable on training strategy for Ministry of Interior
Publishing date: 21 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is supporting the Ministry of Interior in strengthening its decentralized training system, through a jointly-organized roundtable discussion on a newly-adopted training strategy for Ministry employees...
ODIHR trains Georgian law enforcement officers on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism
Publishing date: 18 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
Georgian law enforcement officers completed a three-day training course on 18 May 2012, organized by ODIHR and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism...
OSCE/ODIHR expert group discusses challenges in political party regulation
Publishing date: 17 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
New challenges in the regulation of political parties were the focus of the annual meeting of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Core Group of Experts on Political Parties, held in Warsaw on 17 May 2012...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan trains civil society organizations on access to information
Publishing date: 17 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 16 May 2012 – A three-day training course for staff of press and information services of civil society organizations started in Tashkent today...
OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes best practices in peacekeeping
Publishing date: 16 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Mission to Moldova hosted a seminar in Bender on peacekeeping operations on 15 May 2012...
OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Finland
Publishing date: 16 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented, from 14 to 16 May 2012 in Helsinki, the final report of the Election Assessment Mission to the 17 April 2011 parliamentary elections in Finland...