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OSCE Mission to Moldova helps working group experts improve negotiation techniques

Publishing date: 11 June 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Some 25 members of the expert working groups from both sides of the Dniestr/Nistru River got an opportunity to fine-tune their negotiation skills at an OSCE-organized training course on 7 and 8 June 2012...

OSCE Chairmanship emphasizes need for political will, empathy at Geneva Discussions

Publishing date: 8 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 8 JUNE 2012 – The Geneva International Discussions are the only process to resolve the consequences of the 2008 conflict in Georgia, said Pádraig Murphy, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, following today’s 20th meeting in Geneva...

OSCE Centre supports publication of Kazakhstan Ombudsman’s report

Publishing date: 8 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights
KARAGANDY, Kazakhstan, 8 June 2012 – A review of the National Human Rights Commissioner’s (Ombudsman’s) work in 2011 was presented at an OSCE-supported meeting held in Karagandy today...

OSCE Centre supports criminal justice reform in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 7 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 7 June 2011 – Reform efforts in the field of criminal justice are the focus of an OSCE-supported two-day round-table meeting that began in Almaty today...

Economic, political interests and poor legal implementation hinder free press in Albania, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 7 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
TIRANA, 7 June 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called upon the Albanian government to strengthen media freedom in the country as a priority as she concluded her three-day visit to Tirana today...

Kyrgyzstani law-enforcement’s role in protecting freedom of religion or belief discussed at Bishkek seminar

Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The role played by law-enforcement agencies in protecting freedom of religion or belief was the focus of a seminar organized by ODIHR, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and partners in Kyrgyzstan’s capital on 4 and 5 June 2012...

OSCE, EU support opening of Armenian Human Rights Defender’s offices in Armenia’s regions

Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
VANADZOR, Armenia, 6 June 2012 – Today the Armenian Human Rights Defender officially opened its regional office in the Lori province, one of six regional offices in Armenia. Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and Ambassador Traian Hristea, the Head of the European Delegation to Armenia, attended the opening ceremony...