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OSCE official urges States to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Rule of law
HELSINKI, 10 September 2008- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, urged OSCE participating States today to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases...

Anne-Marie Lizin appointed Special Co-ordinator for Belarus elections

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 10 September 2008- Anne-Marie Lizin (Belgium), a Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, has been appointed Special Co-ordinator to lead the OSCE short-term observers in the observation mission to the parliamentary election...

OSCE Centre organizes workshop on community-based tourism in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities, Education
ASHGABAD, 10 September 2008- Creating new market opportunities for local entrepreneurs by developing their tourism-related skills was the objective of an OSCE Centre-supported workshop that ends today in the south-eastern city of Mary...

Serbian Foreign Minister says OSCE provides unique forum in time of crisis

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 September 2008- Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told the OSCE today that recent developments in Europe had damaged the fabric of security and co-operation, but there was still time to restore trust across the region.

Crisis in Georgia challenge for OSCE arms control and confidence-building regime, Finnish official says

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 September 2008- The crisis in Georgia has changed the politico-military situation in the OSCE area in a way that must be taken into account by the OSCE and its Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), Pauli Järvenpää...

Time to open new chapter in relations, OSCE human rights chief tells Russian officials

Publishing date: 9 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
MOSCOW, 9 September 2008- The director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today called for a new chapter to be opened in the relations between his office and the Russian...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports campaign to spread knowledge about role of Ombudsman

Publishing date: 9 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education
SKOPJE, 9 September 2008- An OSCE-supported public campaign launched in Skopje today aims to raise public awareness about the role and functions of the Ombudsman so that the public can co-operate with the institution...