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International monitors to announce preliminary findings in Serbian parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 29 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 29 December 2003- The International Election Observation Mission for the Serbian parliamentary elections will present its preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference on Monday, 29 December, at 13:45 in Media Centar...

OSCE Yerevan workshop focuses on identification of trafficking victims

Publishing date: 22 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
YEREVAN, 22 December 2003- An OSCE workshop on identification of human trafficking victims held in Yerevan marked a turning point in the development of a strategic partnership between the Armenian government and civil society actors in setting...

OSCE States pledge almost four million euros for assisting Georgia in 2004 elections

Publishing date: 19 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
TBILISI, 19 December 2003- As of today, almost four million euros have been pledged by 17 OSCE participating States for the "Georgia Elections Assistance Programme", said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Roy Reeve. Of this sum...

OSCE/ODIHR re-establishes its election observation mission in Georgia

Publishing date: 17 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
TBILISI/WARSAW, 17 December 2003- For the forthcoming 4 January presidential election in Georgia, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has re-established its long-term Election Observation Mission there, to monitor...

OSCE Almaty roundtable to focus on problem of juvenile delinquency

Publishing date: 12 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ALMATY, 12 December 2003- Discussion of the legal status of under-aged offenders who are not criminally liable due to their youth will bring together Kazakhstan's human rights experts at a roundtable next week. In criminological terminology...

Trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, international report says

Publishing date: 10 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 December 2003- Failure to protect the human rights of trafficking victims is a key obstacle to progress in the fight against trafficking and organised crime in south-eastern Europe, according to a joint report of the OSCE, the UN and...

OSCE human rights chief warns against use of "war on terrorism" to justify repression

Publishing date: 10 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
LONDON/WARSAW, 10 December 2003- On International Human Rights Day, the OSCE human rights chief, Ambassador Christian Strohal, has warned that the "war on terrorism" was being used in some countries as an excuse to suppress legitimate...