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  Correcting the record: election law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 20 April 2001
                Content type:  Press release
                    Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
                    What we do: Democratization, Elections
                
      SARAJEVO, 20 April 2001- Because of persistent mischaracterization and inaccurate statements by certain officials with regard to the election law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
                    
        
Systemic problems hamper justice in Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 April 2001
                Content type:  Press release
                    Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
                    What we do: Democratization, Human rights
                
      PRISTINA, 19 April 2001-- Myriad problems continue to hamper the development of a fair criminal justice system, according to a report produced by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Mission in Kosovo.
                    
        
Kosovo Law Centre provides practical training
Publishing date: 19 April 2001
                
        
      PRISTINA, 18 April 2001-- About 120 law students have started to take a practical approach to their studies by attending a new programme organized by the Kosovo Law Centre (KLC).
                    
        
OSCE assists Yugoslav authorities in fight against trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 19 April 2001
                Content type:  Press release
                    
                    What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
                
      BELGRADE, 19 April 2001- Key government and NGO officials involved in the fight against trafficking in human beings met in Belgrade for the first time to begin a dialog on developing a national anti-trafficking strategy.
                    
        
OSCE Head of Mission visits Central Bosnia Canton
Publishing date: 19 April 2001
                Content type:  Press release
                    Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
                    What we do: Democratization
                
      TRAVNIK, 19 April 2001-- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Robert L. Barry, visited the Central Bosnia Canton today to meet with municipal and cantonal officials
                    
        
Concern about the future of press freedom in Russia
Publishing date: 18 April 2001
                Content type:  Press release
                    Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
                    What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
                
      VIENNA, 18 April 2001-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, has expressed his serious concern about the closure of the independent newspaper Segodnya and dismissal of all staff of the independent magazine Itogi in Moscow.
                    
        
Kosovo Law Centre opens library on 19 April
Publishing date: 18 April 2001
                
        
      PRISTINA, 18 April 2001)-- The Kosovo Law Centre (KLC) will hosting a grand opening of its new law library on Thursday, 19 April. The law library is a resource that will be open and accessible to everyone in Kosovo