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International election observers to hold press conference in Astana Sunday
Publishing date: 16 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ASTANA, 16 August 2007- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 18 August parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a news conference on Sunday...
ODIHR deploys long-term election observation mission to Ukraine
Publishing date: 13 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 13 August 2007- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has opened an election observation mission for the 30 September parliamentary elections in Ukraine...
ODIHR-sponsored summer school on criminal justice gets under way in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
TALGAR, Kazakhstan, 30 July 2007- For the second year in a row, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has organized a summer school on criminal-justice issues in Central Asia...
Turkish elections underscore positive record and continuing challenges, OSCE finds
Publishing date: 23 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ANKARA, 23 July 2007- The electoral process in Turkey was characterized by pluralism and a high level of public confidence underscored by the transparent, professional and efficient performance of the election administration, an OSCE...
ODIHR deploys long-term election observation mission to Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ASTANA, 17 July 2007- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has opened an election observation mission for the 18 August parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan...
Top OSCE official calls crackdown on human rights defenders 'dangerous development'
Publishing date: 13 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 13 July 2007- OSCE participating States should work to ensure that crack-downs legitimate human rights concerns come to an end, participants agreed at an OSCE conference concluded today...
OSCE Vienna conference to examine handling of human rights violations
Publishing date: 10 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 10 July 2007- How OSCE countries deal with human rights violations with a focus on responsibilities and remedies will be the topic of a two-day OSCE conference that starts on Thursday in Vienna...