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OSCE/ODIHR assists Kazakhstan's Judicial Academy in launching magistrate programme

Publishing date: 2 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
ALMATY/WARSAW, 2 July 2004- A workshop in Almaty from 5 to 9 July will help develop a policy strategy for the Judicial Academy, a recently established training institution for future and sitting judges under the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. It is...

OSCE/ODIHR hold roundtable on combating extremism

Publishing date: 30 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
ALMATY/WARSAW, 30 June 2004- A two-day roundtable on combating extremism in Central Asia will start in Almaty on 1 July. The event, organized by...

International observers welcome election of president in Serbia

Publishing date: 28 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 28 June 2004- In a preliminary statement issued today, observers from ODIHR and the Council of Europe (CoE) concluded that the presidential election in Serbia was conducted essentially in line with OSCE commitments and CoE standards...

OSCE Office in Baku supports conference on reforms to Azerbaijani Bar System

Publishing date: 25 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BAKU, 25 June 2004- The implementation of newly adopted amendments to the Law on Advocates and ways of ensuring that judicial reforms bring sustainable results were the focus of a conference supported by the OSCE Office in Baku. The two-day event...

International observers welcome Serbia's progress towards electing president

Publishing date: 14 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 14 June 2004- In a preliminary statement issued today, observers from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, positively assessed...

OSCE Office assists in prison reform in Armenia

Publishing date: 24 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 24 May 2004- Computers and specially developed software, handed over today to the Criminal Executive Department of the Ministry of Justice by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, will help social rehabilitation programmes in Armenian prisons. The...

OSCE/ODIHR begins observation of presidential election in Serbia

Publishing date: 18 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE/WARSAW, 18 May 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission to observe the presidential election in the Republic of Serbia/Serbia and Montenegro on 13 June...