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Legal professionals in Montenegro learn how to access ICTY material under OSCE/ODIHR-led project

Publishing date: 22 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Rule of law
PODGORICA, 22 February 2011 – Staff from the Special Prosecutor’s Office in Montenegro and the higher courts in Podgorica and Bijelo Polje attended a training session today on accessing and researching material of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...

High Commissioner Vollebaek meets High Representative and EU Special Representative Inzko in Sarajevo

Publishing date: 22 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, met the High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, in Sarajevo on 21 February 2011.

OSCE Mission trains police on counter-terrorism investigation

Publishing date: 21 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
An OSCE Mission in Kosovo-organized training course on advanced counter-terrorism investigation commenced on 21 February 2011. The one-week course is for 14 police officers, including four female officers, from Vushtrri/Vučitrn. Four experts from Turkey will train the officers on a wide range of issues related to countering terrorism and organised crime and the analysis of major crime trends...

Head of OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes Central Election Commission’s move to fill in vacancies in electoral commissions

Publishing date: 21 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
TIRANA, 21 February 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, today welcomed the decision of the Central Election Commission to announce vacancies in the Commissions of Electoral Administration Zones (CEAZs) in an effort to bring forward preparations for the 8 May local government elections...

OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess parliamentary elections in Estonia

Publishing date: 21 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 21 February 2011- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in the Estonia on 6 March...

OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits Kyrgyzstan to discuss election reform

Publishing date: 21 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 21 February 2011 – A delegation of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) arrived in Bishkek today to discuss how the Office can assist the Kyrgyz authorities in reforming the country’s electoral framework...

ODIHR experts discuss e-voting proposals in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 21 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Elections
ODIHR experts have arrived in Dushanbe to discuss plans by the central election commission to develop and implement electronic voting in Tajikistan...