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ODIHR releases new publication to help lawmakers include a gender perspective in their work

Publishing date: 7 July 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released a new publication providing guidance on the development and implementation of gender-sensitive legislation at a working lunch on gender issues organized on 7 July 2017, during the 26th annual summer session of the OSCE

OSCE Mission to Serbia supports professional associations of judges in safeguarding judicial independence

Publishing date: 7 July 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
Some 60 judicial professionals gathered at an international conference in Belgrade on 7 July 2017 to discuss the experiences of national and international professional associations of judges in safeguarding the independence of the judiciary...

OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains State Election Commission on gender equality

Publishing date: 7 July 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a two-day workshop on gender equality for some 15 members and staff of the State Election Commission on 6 and 7 July 2017 in Podgorica...

Effectiveness and sustainability of national security sector reform and governance processes focus of OSCE-supported regional workshop in Chisinau

Publishing date: 7 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control
CHISINAU, 7 July 2017 – Some 30 security sector professionals from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine gathered for a three-day regional workshop on security sector governance and reform which concluded today in Chisinau...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 4 July 2017

Publishing date: 7 July 2017
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs.

In Minsk, OSCE parliamentarians debate ways to increase effectiveness in addressing urgent challenges to security and stability

Publishing date: 6 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 6 July 2017 – More than 260 parliamentarians from 55 OSCE countries and several Partners for Co-operation began debates today on political and security affairs, economic and environmental issues, and human rights and humanitarian concerns at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 26th Annual Session in Minsk...

Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 5 July 2017

Publishing date: 6 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 6 July 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 5 July 2017...