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OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine combat human trafficking during sports events

Publishing date: 16 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
KYIV, 16 November 2010- Officials from Ukrainian law enforcement agencies started an OSCE-supported study tour of Germany today to learn about experiences in preventing and responding to human trafficking attempts before and during major...

OSCE organizes meeting to strengthen co-operation between civil society and governments in Central Asia

Publishing date: 16 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
ALMATY, 16 November 2010- Government officials, parliamentarians, Ombudspersons and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan started a meeting in Almaty today to find ways to improve...

OSCE Chairperson calls for constructive co-operation among participating States ahead of Astana Summit

Publishing date: 15 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 15 November 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State, Kanat Saudabayev, urged the States today to work constructively on a document to be agreed on at the 1-2 December OSCE Summit in Astana...

OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission to monitor presidential election in Belarus

Publishing date: 15 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
MINSK, 15 November 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 19 December presidential election in Belarus...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on South Caucasus states to fully implement access to information laws

Publishing date: 12 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media laws
TBILISI, 12 November 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today called on the authorities of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to respect the right of people's access to government-held information...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains Afghan customs officers

Publishing date: 12 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Policing
BISHKEK, 12 November 2010- A five-week course on anti-smuggling, duty collection, ethics and narcotics searches for 14 customs officers from Afghanistan, held with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, concluded today...

ICTY delivers transcripts in local languages to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia under OSCE/ODIHR-led War Crimes Justice Project

Publishing date: 12 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
THE HAGUE, 12 November 2010- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will deliver a first set of trial transcripts produced in local languages to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina today as part of an OSCE...