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Second annual training seminar on multi-ethnic policing in Kazakhstan conducted by OSCE

Publishing date: 20 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Policing, Tolerance and non-discrimination
AKTOBE, Kazakhstan, 20 September 2016 – A three-day training seminar for law-enforcement officers on best practices and international standards in policing in multi-ethnic societies began today in Aktobe, Kazakhstan.

Security sector governance and reform regional workshop hosted by OSCE Mission to Montenegro

Publishing date: 19 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
PODGORICA, 19 September 2016 – The OSCE’s role and activities in Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) in South-Eastern Europe, and the challenges and opportunities in the field, are the focus of a three-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE Secretariat with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, from 19 to 21 September in Podgorica.

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 18 September 2016

Publishing date: 19 September 2016
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM noted an increase in violence recorded in Donetsk region on both 17 and 18 September, including 246 and 322 explosions respectively, compared with 39 explosions recorded on 16 September...

At OSCE event, lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River discuss how to better serve clients’ needs after litigation

Publishing date: 19 September 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights
On 16 September 2016, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the second in a year-long series of meetings of the Human Rights Club for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River. The event, held in Chisinau, brought together 35 lawyers and NGO representatives to discuss the execution of court decisions and the details needed to keep their clients informed...

OSCE Presence urges electoral reform in Albania

Publishing date: 19 September 2016
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections
The Acting Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Robert Wilton, has issued the following statement with regard to the Elections for Mayor in the municipality of Dibra on 11 September 2016, following the expiration of the deadline for appeals, 19 September 2016:...

Maintaining a constant commitment to human rights the foundation of real security, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw

Publishing date: 19 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 19 September 2016- OSCE participating States must focus on their commitments to defend human rights to effectively retain real security, speakers said at the opening of the 20th OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw today...

Russian elections more transparent, but challenges to democratic commitments remain, International election observers say

Publishing date: 19 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
MOSCOW, 19 September 2016- The 18 September State Duma elections in the Russian Federation were transparently administered by the Central Election Commission, but challenges to democratic commitments remain. The legal framework can serve as an adequate basis for elections, but the electoral environment was negatively affected by restrictions to fundamental freedoms and political rights, firmly controlled media and a tightening grip on civil society, the international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today...