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Kyrgyz elections fail to meet a number of OSCE commitments in missed opportunity

Publishing date: 17 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 17 December 2007- The 16 December parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan failed to meet a number of OSCE commitments, despite respect for some that underscore existing pluralism, concluded the OSCE Election Observation Mission today...

OSCE workshop discusses compensation for trafficked persons

Publishing date: 12 December 2007
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
BARCELONA, 12 December 2007- Compensating victims of trafficking is the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that concludes today in Barcelona...

OSCE elections body opens a mission in Tashkent for Uzbek presidential election

Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/TASHKENT, 10 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has opened a limited election observation mission for the presidential election in Uzbekistan on 23 December...

OSCE human rights body raises concern of attacks and restrictions on human rights defenders

Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 10 December 2007- A report by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on patterns of human rights violations against those defending such rights was launched in Vienna today on International Human Rights Day...

OSCE election watchdog opens mission in Georgia

Publishing date: 6 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
TBILISI, 6 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, opened an observation mission today for the 5 January presidential election in Georgia following an invitation from the Foreign Ministry of Georgia...

OSCE presents report on fair trials in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 29 November 2007
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, 29 November 2007- An OSCE trial monitoring report released today in Kyrgyzstan identifies the public's right to attend trials, investigation of defendants' allegations of torture and the presumption of innocence among steps needed for fair...

OSCE publishes guide on teaching about religions and beliefs

Publishing date: 27 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
MADRID, 27 November 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will launch a new guide on preparing curricula for teaching about religions and beliefs in a manner sensitive to human rights concerns on Wednesday in Madrid...