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Parliamentary Assembly President will lead OSCE observation of Serbian elections
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 14 December 2000-- Mr. Adrian Severin, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will arrive in Belgrade on 20 December 2000 to lead the OSCE Observation Mission for the Parliamentary Elections in Serbia on Saturday 23 December...
Stability Pact countries sign "Anti-Trafficking Declaration"
Publishing date: 13 December 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PALERMO, 13 December 2000-- An "Anti-Trafficking Declaration" was signed today by Government Ministers from the countries of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, recognizing the "pressing and growing importance" of the problem...
Regional trafficking hotlines in Ukraine supported by ODIHR
Publishing date: 12 December 2000
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, Human rights
KHARKIV, 12 December 2000- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will assist in establishing and maintaining five regional trafficking hotlines in Ukraine.
European network of elected Roma officials established at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 1 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
PRAGUE, 1 December 2000-- A European network of parliamentarians, mayors and local councillors of Romani origin was established at a meeting of elected Roma officials that concluded today in Prague.
Judges from Ukraine and Hungary discuss judicial independence
Publishing date: 30 November 2000
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: Democratization
KYIV, 30 November 2000-- A seminar for Constitutional Court Judges of Ukraine and Hungary to discuss judicial independence and methods of interpretation is taking place in Budapest on 27-30 November 2000.
Training of public defenders in Belarus
Publishing date: 29 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 29 November 2000-- The OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group is currently implementing a project on the \"Training of Public Defenders and Support to the Independent Legal Sector\"...
OSCE deploys observation mission for parliamentary elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 28 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 28 November 2000-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) today established a standard Election Observation Mission for the 23 December 2000...