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New Deputy Head of OSCE Mission to BiH has taken up her duties in Sarajevo

Publishing date: 14 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nina Suomalainen from Finland has taken up her duties as the Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo on 14 May 2012...

OSCE/ODIHR final report on Russia’s presidential election recommends measures to promote fairness and equality in electoral process

Publishing date: 11 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Russia’s presidential election on 4 March 2012 concludes that the contest was clearly skewed in favour of one of the contestants and recommends measures to ensure a more balanced process...

OSCE media representative сoncerned by detention of journalists, cyber attacks on media websites in Russia

Publishing date: 10 May 2012
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, 10 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over the indiscriminate detention of journalists reporting on street protests in Moscow and recent cyber attacks on Russian media websites...

OSCE/ODIHR presents final report on presidential and municipal elections in Bulgaria

Publishing date: 9 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
An expert team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented, from 7 to 9 May 2012 in Sofia, the final report of the Limited Election Observation Mission to the October 2011 presidential and municipal elections in Bulgaria...

OSCE/ODIHR expert panel explores challenges to freedom of peaceful assembly

Publishing date: 8 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
Challenges in promoting freedom of peaceful assembly in the OSCE area are the focus of a two-day meeting of an expert panel which opened in Warsaw on 8 May 2012...

OSCE media freedom representative says Moldova should immediately investigate attack on OMEGA camera operator

Publishing date: 7 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 7 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed her concern over a recent attack on Vladimir Vivici, a camera operator of OMEGA news agency in Chisinau...

Former official of OSCE Mission to Serbia receives award from Serbian Judicial Academy

Publishing date: 7 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
The former Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Rule of Law and Human Rights Department, Ruth Van Rhijn, received the Serbian Judicial Academy’s Annual Award for the Advancement of the Judiciary on 4 May 2012...