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OSCE trains Montenegrin media trade union on advocacy, fundraising, management
Publishing date: 3 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Organizational development, advocacy and fundraising skills were focus of a training seminar for leaders of the recently established Media Trade Union of Montenegro that concluded in Budva on 1 December, 2013.
OSCE PA Presidential statement on situation in Ukraine President urges restraint and respect for freedom of assembly, expresses "deep concern" over violence and attacks against journalists
Publishing date: 3 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 3 December 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today issued the following statement regarding the situation in Ukraine, which is scheduled to host a meeting of the Bureau of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council on 4-6 December in Kyiv:
OSCE/ODIHR opens election assessment mission for parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 3 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ASHGABAT, 3 December 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today held the opening press conference for its election assessment mission for the 15 December parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan...
Special Representative calls for victim protection at UK Parliament’s Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
LONDON, 2 December 2013 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today urged UK lawmakers to enhance the criminal justice response and simultaneously the protection of victims’ rights at the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review in Westminster.
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps prepare for implementation of new criminal law
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the national Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors and the US Embassy, supported the preparation for the practical implementation of the new Law on Criminal Procedure by offering trainings and discussion forums for legal practitioners and law enforcement officials.
OSCE-organized conference on transnational threats and border security takes place in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 2 December 2013 – The OSCE Cross-Border Research Conference on evolving transnational threats and border security began at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today.
OSCE Representative concerned by magnitude of violence against journalists in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists