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OSCE holds workshop on legislative process in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2009
Content type: Press release
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...
OSCE human rights office launches report on needs of judiciaries in handling war crimes cases in the Balkans
Publishing date: 23 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 23 September 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ICTY and UNICRI launched a joint report today analysing the needs of local judiciaries in dealing with war crimes committed in the Balkans in the 1990s...
European Parliament elections process showed need for further harmonization, OSCE/ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 22 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 22 September 2009- The conduct of the June elections to the European Parliament underlined the need for further harmonization and improvement, found a report published today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
Senior OSCE official visits Kazakh rights defender in detention, stresses importance of fair appeals process
Publishing date: 19 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
ALMATY, 19 September 2009- Following a meeting today with Kazakh human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis, Douglas Wake of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights stressed the importance of fair trial standards in Zhovtis' appeal...
OSCE/ODIHR to assess elections in Germany and Portugal
Publishing date: 14 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 14 September 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened election assessment missions for the parliamentary elections to be held in Germany and in Portugal on 27 September...
OSCE/ODIHR Director welcomes improved co-operation with Russian authorities
Publishing date: 10 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MOSCOW, 10 September 2009- Wrapping up a visit to Moscow, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, said today co-operation with the Russian authorities has improved...
OSCE/ODIHR Director to meet with Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow
Publishing date: 9 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 9 September 2009- Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), travelled to Moscow today to meet Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other high Russian officials.