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OSCE observers visit detained Kazakh opposition journalist

Publishing date: 19 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 19 December 2002- A group of OSCE observers have met the opposition journalist Sergey Duvanov, who is being held in pre-trial detention on charges of having raped a minor, to assess the conditions of his detention...

OSCE/ODIHR regrets opposition's absence from roundtable on Azerbaijan's draft election code

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
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: Elections
WARSAW, 18 December 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expressed regret over the absence of major opposition parties from a roundtable on the draft Election Code of Azerbaijan, which was...

New OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan inaugurated

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 18 December 2002- A new study and research institute on regional security issues, the OSCE Academy, was inaugurated in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. "This Academy is a unique institution of a new type that will facilitate the development of...

OSCE human rights office provides start-up funding for new Kyrgyz Ombudsman

Publishing date: 17 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 17 December 2002- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has provided quick start-up funding for the newly established Kyrgyz Ombudsman to enable his office to assume work soon. The new...

OSCE holds training seminar for new anti-trafficking hotline consultants

Publishing date: 13 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 13 December 2002- Today and tomorrow, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are holding a two-day training seminar for consultants working for...

OSCE/ODIHR concerned about security of witness in high-profile trafficking case in Montenegro

Publishing date: 13 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
WARSAW, 13 December 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today expressed its concern about the security of the main witness in a high-profile anti-trafficking case in Montenegro...

Budva roundtable discusses treatment of long-term prisoners

Publishing date: 11 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization
BELGRADE, 11 December 2002- High-level officials from justice ministries of six south-eastern Europe countries, legal experts and representatives of international organisations will participate in a roundtable on the "Treatment of...