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Tajik Street Law Clinic opened doors

Publishing date: 1 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 1 October 2001 (OSCE)- Today, the first Tajik Legal Clinic opened its doors at the Law Faculty of the Slavonic University in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The Street Law Clinic represents the initial step in the creation of a Legal Support Center...

Intolerance to Kosovo minorities hampers developing democracy

Publishing date: 1 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 1 October 2001 (OSCE)-- Slow progress is being made in improving conditions for Kosovo\'s minorities, according to the latest OSCE and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) assessment on the situation of minorities...

OSCE co-organizes conference with Georgian, Abkhaz and Ossetian drug specialists

Publishing date: 1 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
TBLISI, 1 October 2001-- From 26 to 28 September, the OSCE co-organized a conference on drug addiction for physicians-narcologists in Chakvi (Ajar Autonomous Republic), Georgia...

OSCE boosts the size and scope of its Skopje Mission

Publishing date: 29 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 29 September 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Permanent Council has decided to send a further 159 international officers to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to add to the 51 already deployed. This additional number will include a further...

OSCE sets up hot line for journalists in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 28 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 28 September 2001 (OSCE)-- In the aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., that led to numerous casualties and prompted governments to prepare to combat terror, hundreds of journalists are either on their way or are already...

OSCE official launches research publication on corruption in Armenia

Publishing date: 28 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 28 September 2001 (OSCE)-- A new book on corruption as a complex phenomenon in society has been launched by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Armenia. The author of the publication is Stepan Tsaghikian...

Freimut Duve: fighting terrorism should not be used as an excuse to violate basic human rights

Publishing date: 27 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 27 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The world public is still mourning the victims of the 11 September attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Many governments are already actively developing new approaches to their securit...