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Recommendations for improving law-making process presented at OSCE-led meeting in Skopje

Publishing date: 4 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law
SKOPJE, 4 May 2010- A set of recommendations on how to make the process of drafting and adopting legislation more transparent and efficient were presented at an OSCE-organized conference in Skopje today...

OSCE/ODIHR opens assessment mission for UK elections

Publishing date: 26 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 26 April 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the general elections to be held in the United Kingdom on 6 May...

OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe municipal elections in Georgia

Publishing date: 16 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
TBILISI, 16 April 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission for the Georgian municipal elections scheduled for 30 May 2010...

OSCE trains local administrations in Ukraine on integrating gender equality

Publishing date: 16 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
ODESSA, Ukraine, 16 April 2010- Integrating gender equality aspects in the work of local governments is the focus of a two-day training workshop that began in Odessa today...

OSCE Chairperson expresses condolences over plane crash

Publishing date: 10 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
BRUSSELS, 10 April 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakh Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, expressed his condolences today to the Polish people and the families of those killed, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski...

OSCE Rights Office, Minorities Commissioner call for greater efforts to improve the situation of Roma

Publishing date: 8 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 8 April 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, and Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, called today on governments...

Fight against cyber hate must be stepped up without infringing on free speech, director of OSCE rights body says

Publishing date: 22 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 22 March 2010- More efforts are needed to combat crimes motivated by hate on the Internet, but care must be taken not to infringe on the freedom of expression, said Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the director of the OSCE ODIHR today...