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Head of OSCE human rights office dismayed about appeals hearing of Kazakh human rights defender

Publishing date: 21 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
WARSAW, 21 October 2009- The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today expressed dismay about the conduct of the appeals hearing for Kazakh human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis...

OSCE roundtable meeting on freedom of association in Central Asia opens in Bishkek

Publishing date: 21 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 21 October 2009. Government officials, parliamentarians and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Bishkek today to discuss ways to enhance freedom of association...

OSCE Special Representative, ODIHR Director stress importance of EU role in combating human trafficking

Publishing date: 19 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA/WARSAW, 19 October 2009- OSCE Special Representative Eva Biaudet and ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic released a joint statement today underscoring the importance of the role of the European Union in combating human trafficking...

OSCE forum fosters debate on future of criminal justice systems in Central Asia

Publishing date: 15 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 15 October 2009- The fourth annual OSCE expert forum on criminal justice in Central Asia opened in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan today...

OSCE/ODIHR launches book on human rights education for schools

Publishing date: 2 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 2 October 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and several partner organizations launched a resource book today on human rights education for primary and secondary schools...

Annual OSCE human rights conference opens with calls for improved implementation of international standards

Publishing date: 28 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 28 September 2009- The OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe's largest human rights and democracy conference, opened today with calls on governments to increase efforts to adhere to the commitments they have undertaken...

OSCE holds workshop on legislative process in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 23 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
ASHGABAT, 23 September 2009- An OSCE-supported workshop aimed at providing lawmakers in Turkmenistan with tools for an effective legal reform process started in Ashgabat today...