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OSCE Special Representative calls for better protection of trafficking victims' rights in criminal proceedings

Publishing date: 2 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law
ROME, 2 February 2011 – Courts should protect trafficked persons' rights and enable them to take an active role throughout criminal proceedings, said Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today in a high-level roundtable meeting organized by the Italian National Judicial Council...

OSCE Chairperson discusses 2011 priorities in Moscow, says constructive engagement of Russia essential to Organization

Publishing date: 2 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
MOSCOW, 2 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis met with Russian high-level politicians and officials in Moscow today to outline the priorities of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship and to discuss the Organization’s activities in 2011...

OSCE trains civil society activists in Kyrgyzstan in human rights monitoring

Publishing date: 1 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
BISHKEK, 1 February 2011 – A three-day capacity-building training course on human rights monitoring organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek started today in Bishkek...

OSCE Presence in Albania urges respect for media freedom

Publishing date: 31 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
TIRANA, 31 January 2011 – Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania calls for protection of media freedom and respect for the rule of law during investigations into the tragic events of 21 January in Tirana which claimed the lives of 3 people...

Winners of annual journalism contest on women’s role in Armenia announced

Publishing date: 31 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 31 January 2011- The award ceremony of an OSCE-supported annual journalism competition Na/Ne (S\HE) focusing on the role and achievements of women in Armenia was held in Yerevan today...

OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan highlights importance of complementing political decentralization with fiscal restructuring

Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Good governance
BISHKEK, 28 January 2011 – The need to complement political decentralization with fiscal decentralization was highlighted at an OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan today...

ICTY, national prosecutors share experience in handling complex war crimes cases as part of OSCE/ODIHR-led project

Publishing date: 20 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 20 January 2011 – Prosecutors from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and their national counterparts in the region today exchanged experiences in prosecuting complex war crime cases during a meeting in Belgrade...