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OSCE trains Tajik state officials on UN Convention against Corruption

Publishing date: 7 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Good governance
DUSHANBE, 7 March 2014 – A three-day training course on the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and its review mechanism concluded today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

OSCE Centre holds high-level discussion on criminal procedure legislation reform

Publishing date: 6 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 6 March 2014 – An OSCE-supported two-day roundtable discussion on the ongoing reform of the Criminal Procedure Code of Kazakhstan and major areas of criminal justice modernization began today at Ak-Bulak near Almaty...

Personal Envoy Guldimann says situation in Crimea calm but very tense

Publishing date: 6 March 2014
Collections: Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
KYIV, 6 March 2014- The Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Tim Guldimann, briefing media in Kyiv today, commended the Ukrainian authorities for their efforts to de-escalate the situation on Crimea, adding that “the situation is calm, but very tense.”

Developing situation in Crimea alarming, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Publishing date: 6 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
KYIV, 6 March 2014 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors is alarmed about the situation in Crimea...

ODIHR trains NGOs in Kyrgyzstan on trial-monitoring techniques and fair trial rights

Publishing date: 6 March 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
NGO representatives and officials from the Ombudsman’s Office in Osh increased their knowledge of trial-monitoring techniques and fair trial rights at a training workshop conducted by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on 5 and 6 March 2014.

Empower women and girls to achieve gender equality, combat domestic violence, Albania’s Minister for Social Welfare and Youth tells OSCE

Publishing date: 6 March 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Gender equality
Empowerment of women and girls is essential to ensuring gender equality and combatting gender-based and domestic violence, Albania’s Minister for Social Welfare and Youth Erion Veliaj told the OSCE Permanent Council on 6 March 2014, ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March...

OSCE Chairperson participates in Paris meeting on crisis in Ukraine to discuss possibility of an international contact group

Publishing date: 5 March 2014
Collections: Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PARIS, 5 March 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, took part in a meeting on the Ukrainian crisis in Paris today. On the invitation of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, key actors focused in their discussions on the possibility of the creation of a contact group for Ukraine...