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ODIHR trains lawyers and civil society representatives from South Caucasus on trial-monitoring techniques
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shared its trial-monitoring methodology with lawyers and civil society representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at a training workshop in Vilnius on 25 and 26 November 2013, organized in co-operation with the Belarusian Human Rights House...
OSCE brings together local communities in Kyrgyzstan to address security threats
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
A major OSCE-supported event brought together neighbourhood inspectors, juvenile delinquency inspectors and members of local crime prevention centres from across Kyrgyzstan in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan on 26 November 2013...
ODIHR supports political leadership training for women politicians from Central Asia
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Sharing good practices in promoting gender equality and women’s advancement in political parties was the focus of a three-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that ended on 24 November 2013 in Bishkek...
OSCE Secretary General meets NATO counterpart in Brussels to discuss Western Balkans, Afghanistan
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during an official visit to Brussels on 25 and 26 November 2013...
OSCE Presence in Albania trains probation officers on treatment of juveniles
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
On 20-22 November 2013, the OSCE Presence in Albania trained 20 probation officers from across the country and the General Directorate of the Probation Service. The training aimed to improve probation officers’ understanding of the specifics of working with juvenile offenders to increase their chances of social reintegration.
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes study tour to Ukraine on criminal procedure legislation
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
The OSCE Centre in Astana and the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, co-organized a study visit to Kyiv, Ukraine for parliamentarians and high-level governmental officials from 21 to 23 November 2013...
OSCE Mission to Skopje provides legal information on social rights to Roma community
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a series of four legal information sessions for the Roma community in Skopje, with the last one held on 25 November 2013...