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Women’s advancement in public life focus of Ottawa meeting between OSCE PA President Muttonen and Special Representative Fry

Publishing date: 3 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Gender equality
OTTAWA, 3 November 2017— OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Christine Muttonen (Austria) is in Ottawa where she met yesterday with OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry (Canada) for discussions on the promotion of women’s leadership in the OSCE, its Parliamentary Assembly and within national parliaments.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expresses concern on detention and situation of Russian journalist Igor Rudnikov

Publishing date: 3 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VALLETTA, 3 November 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed concern regarding the detention of and reports of violence against journalist Igor Rudnikov in Kaliningrad in the Russian Federation and called on the authorities to release him...

OSCE media freedom representative, in Malta, calls for full, transparent and independent investigation into murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia

Publishing date: 3 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VALLETTA, 3 November 2017- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, in Malta today to attend the funeral of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, urged the country’s authorities to ensure that all means will be put in place to enable a full, transparent and independent investigation into the killing of the prominent investigative journalist...

Stronger free and pluralistic media and comprehensive security mutually beneficial, Chair of OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting concludes

Publishing date: 3 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 3 November 2017 – The relationship between the media and security across the OSCE region and how it could be enhanced to the benefit of both the free media and security interests was the focus of the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting 2017, which concludes in Vienna today.

OSCE/ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Serbia

Publishing date: 3 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Belgrade on 1 and 2 November 2017 to present the final report of ODIHR’s election assessment mission for the presidential election in Serbia on 2 April 2017. The report’s

OSCE continues training seminars for police on risk profiling techniques in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 3 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Policing
An OSCE-supported three-day train-the-trainer course for law enforcement personnel on psychological profiling techniques to be used when policing large-scale events concluded in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, on 3 November 2017.

OSCE supports parliamentary expert group meeting to debate draft media law in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 3 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance, Media freedom and development
An OSCE-supported expert group discussion on developing national legislation on media took place on 2 November 2017 in Astana.