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OSCE's human rights office expresses concern over early date set for Kyrgyz constitutional referendum
Publishing date: 24 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 24 January 2003- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is concerned that the constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan, scheduled to take place on 2 February, may be premature...
OSCE to evaluate women's rights and anti-trafficking project in Albania
Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 22 January 2003- Achievements and future activities of an OSCE project on Women's Rights and Anti-Trafficking Education (WRATE) will be discussed in a three-day meeting to start in Tirana tomorrow. Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, the Head of...
OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of presidential election in Armenia
Publishing date: 20 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN, 20 January 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the presidential election scheduled for 19 February in Armenia. The Mission consists of 26...
OSCE Permanent Council recommends appointment of new ODIHR Director
Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 16 January 2002- The OSCE Permanent Council agreed on Thursday to recommend the appointment of Ambassador Christian Strohal of Austria as Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
OSCE supports first Roma roundtable in Albania
Publishing date: 10 January 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 10 January 2003- In the first roundtable held in Albania on Roma issues, local and international organizations sat down together with representatives of the Albanian government to discuss policy-making on Roma in the country...
International observers call for removal of laws allowing endless repeat elections in Montenegro
Publishing date: 23 December 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 23 December 2002- Following yesterday's failed presidential election in Montenegro, international observers from the OSCE and the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly today called for the removal of provisions in the...
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...