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OSCE Office in Baku hosts workshop on establishing a National Preventive Mechanism in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 25 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BAKU, 25 November 2009- The OSCE Office in Baku opened a two-day workshop today to examine the implementation of the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the establishment of a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in Azerbaijan...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports social inclusion of street children

Publishing date: 24 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 24 November 2009- A workshop supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje to promote the social inclusion of street children and their families started in Strumica today...

Co-operation among regional organizations crucial in countering terrorism, OSCE officials tell meeting

Publishing date: 24 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 24 November 2009- Regional and international co-operation is crucial in countering terrorism, OSCE officials told a meeting on terrorism that started in Bishkek today...

OSCE representative urges South Caucasus governments to champion media freedom and pluralism following OSCE conference, meetings in Georgia

Publishing date: 23 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 23 November 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today increasing media independence in Georgia and backed calls for pluralistic licensing and media ownership transparency in the South Caucasus...

OSCE hosts national workshop in Zagreb on enhancing cyber-security

Publishing date: 23 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ZAGREB, 23 November 2009- A national expert workshop on combating terrorist use of the Internet and comprehensively enhancing cyber-security, organized by the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit on the request of the Croatian authorities, started today...

OSCE workshop promotes co-operation to combat drug trafficking in South-Eastern Europe

Publishing date: 23 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
SARAJEVO, 23 November, 2009- An OSCE regional workshop that started in Sarajevo today aims to promote regional co-operation to combat drug trafficking in South-Eastern Europe...

Romania's presidential election generally meets standards, but remaining shortcomings must be addressed

Publishing date: 23 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BUCHAREST, 23 November 2009- The limited election observation mission deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights concluded in a statement issued today...