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OSCE Mission to Serbia supports facility for witness and victim assistance

Publishing date: 16 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 16 June 2008- Witnesses and victims waiting to testify in war crimes cases and other trials at the Belgrade District Court will receive necessary support and assistance at a facility that opened in Belgrade today...

National focal points discuss improving state responses to hate crimes at OSCE meeting in Helsinki

Publishing date: 16 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
HELSINKI, 16 June 2008- Ways of improving state responses in the fight against crimes motivated by racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance, including against Muslims and Christians, will be discussed at a meeting in Helsinki...

ODIHR holds meeting in Georgia on rights of armed forces personnel, presents new handbook

Publishing date: 16 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
TBILISI, 16 June 2008- Protecting the rights of armed forces personnel is the focus of a meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the Mission to Georgia, in Tbilisi today...

Kazakh teens learn about sustainable development at OSCE Centre-supported summer camp

Publishing date: 13 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 13 June 2008- Raising awareness of the balance between economic development and environmental protection is the aim of a summer camp for teenagers from the Caspian Sea region, which ends in Almaty today...

Poor state compliance with OSCE commitments remains serious challenge, says Organization's human rights chief

Publishing date: 12 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
VIENNA, 12 June 2008- Serious challenges to the implementation of OSCE human rights commitments remain in many parts of the region, said Ambassador Christian Strohal, the director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...

OSCE Centre helps publish register of lawyers in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 11 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
BISHKEK, 11 June 2008- A register of lawyers in Kyrgyzstan was published today by the Justice Ministry and the Lawyers Union of Kyrgyzstan, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...

OSCE Mission to Serbia head welcomes arrest of war crimes indictee Stojan Zupljanin

Publishing date: 11 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 11 June 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the arrest of war crimes indictee Stojan Zupljanin...