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OSCE Mission supports consultations on decriminalization of libel in Serbia
Publishing date: 20 October 2011
Some 20 judges, prosecutors and representatives of the Journalists’ Association of Serbia and the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia gathered on 19 October 2011 in Belgrade to discuss the decriminalization of libel...
OSCE media freedom representative opens annual media conference in Tbilisi, calls for Internet to remain free in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 20 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
TBILISI, 20 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today opened the eighth annual South Caucasus Media Conference, focusing this year on media pluralism and Internet governance...
OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan’s law enforcement officers on information analysis
Publishing date: 20 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Education
BISHKEK, 20 October 2011 – A two-week training course on the use of information analysis methods organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator promotes legal education reform in Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Education
LVIV, Ukraine, 20 October 2011 – Reform of Ukraine’s legal education system is a focus of a four-day OSCE-supported conference that started in Lviv today...
OSCE Chairperson sends condolences to Turkey after deadly violence in southeast region
Publishing date: 20 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VILNIUS, 20 October 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today sent condolences to the families of those killed in last night's deadly attacks near Cukurca and Yuksekova, and to the government and people of Turkey...
War Crimes Justice Project trains defence lawyers in Kosovo with newly developed practice manual
Publishing date: 19 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 19 October 2011 – An advocacy-skills training for 20 defence lawyers appearing in war crimes cases was held today in Prishtinë/Priština, as part of the War Crimes Justice Project...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports public administration in legal drafting
Publishing date: 19 October 2011
SKOPJE, 19 October 2011 – Improving the drafting of legislation is the aim of an OSCE-supported conference on regulation policy that started in Skopje today...