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OSCE Warsaw conference to discuss role of constitutional justice in protecting human rights

Publishing date: 14 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 14 May 2008- A conference on the role of constitutional justice in protecting human rights and upholding the rule of law in the OSCE region opened in Warsaw today...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains officials on maintaining humane conditions in prisons, holding cells

Publishing date: 14 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 14 May 2008- A training course on protecting human rights in situations involving deprivation of liberty, organized by the OSCE Mission and the Council of Europe for government officials, will begin Thursday...

OSCE Mission to Skopje encourages co-operation between state and local authorities to combat human trafficking

Publishing date: 13 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 13 May 2008- Fostering co-operation between state institutions and civil society to combat human trafficking and strengthening the role of the country's National Referral Mechanism Office at the local level, is the aim of a...

OSCE media freedom representative urges Kyrgyz President to veto amendments that curb new public-service broadcaster's independence

Publishing date: 13 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 13 May 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today asked Kyrgyz President Bakiev to veto recent amendments to the country's broadcasting law, saying they would eliminate the independence of the public-service broadcaster...

OSCE Office helps train Azerbaijani judges and prosecutors to fight human trafficking

Publishing date: 12 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 12 May 2008- A training course for judges and public prosecutors on combating human trafficking, organized by the OSCE Office, began in Baku today...

Serbia's hard-fought and generally well-organized parliamentary elections gave voters a free choice

Publishing date: 12 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 12 May 2008- The vigorously contested early parliamentary elections in Serbia were conducted in an overall professional manner, allowing the country's voters to choose freely among a wide range of...

Public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina faces multiple threats, warns OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 9 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
SARAJEVO, 9 May 2008- The future of public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina is under threat and urgent action is needed, said Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at a conference in Sarajevo which ended yesterday.